1954- born Bar Harbor Maine, to Charlene Louise (Bunker) and Donald Landis Allen.

1957- family moves to Merced, Califiornia, brother Gary Leland Allen born later that year.

1959- moves to Holyoke, Massachusetts, begins 1st grade.

1961- moves to Punta Borinquen, Puerto Rico lives on military base there during Cuban missile crisis and Kennedy assasination.

1964- moves to Napa Valley, California, begins drawing in earnest.

1965- father volunteers for Vietnam duty and family moves to ancestral home on Great Cranberry Island, Maine enrolls in one-room, (Longfellow) school on island.

1966- attends and is deeply influenced by annual summer art exhibition of seasonal island artists including Jack Heliker, Gretna Campbell, Louis Finkelstein, William Kienbusch, Carl Nelson, Robert LaHotan and others.

1967- teacher at Longfellow School invites local artists to teach in the early fall (before artists depart for NYC/Boston). Exhibition of student work is organized at the local church, Carl Nelson and Jack Heliker take note of Larry's abstract painting of a stained glass window.

1968- family Thanksgiving celebration includes the artist, John Lorence who spends the afternoon with Larry working on a self-portrait.

1969- graduates from the Longfellow School and enrolls in boarding school at Lee Academy in Maine and includes long distance running and art classes among pursuits.

1970- father returns from extended duty in Vietnam.

1971- suspended from Lee Academy for discipinary issues including taking part in anti-war protests.

1972- enrolls in Mt. Desert Island school, becomes state champion runner.

1973- graduates in June, enlists in USAF, attends basic training in San Antonio Texas.

1974- stationed in Altus Oklahoma works in Strategic Air Command, Command Post.

1977- honorably discharged from USAF, enrolls at University of Maine on GI Bill competes as runner on athletic team.

1979- completes the Boston Marathon.

1981- graduates from University of Maine with BA and high honors.

1981-83- lives and works in Bangor, Maine, completes first series of abstacts on paper, later destroyed.

1984- daughter, Jennifer Elizabeth Allen born July 12.

1984-89- lives and works in Gainesville, Florida, competes first large scale paintings on canvas.

1989-93- returns to Maine and attends graduate school at University of Maine while working and painting with increasing frequency.

1993- accepts position as executive for publisher in Birmingham Alabama, spends early mornings, lunch hours and evenings painting.

1994- meets Jack Heliker at 4th of July picnic and spends time looking at work and discussing the daily practice of drawing.

1995- attends studio art program at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.

1998- relocates from Birmingham to NYC to pursue art and publishing interests, buys house in Stratford Connecticut and begins work on studio in a shed on the property.

1999- marries Kristen Estelle Blodgette and begins position in publishing at the Museum of Modern Art, begins friendship with artist/staff, curators and artists represented in the catalogues.

2000- Jack Heliker passes away in Bar Harbor after long illness.

2000- enrolls at Art Students League in NYC.

2000- work accepted for staff exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, first public exhibition of work since 1968 exhibition on Great Cranberry Island.

2001- completes "City Morning" while sick with pneumonia.

2001-03- begins exhibiting work annually in group shows in NYC and Maine.

2002- Robert LaHotan passes away in Maine after a brief illness

2003- completes series of 12 small abstracts and 4 larger paintings over a 3 month period.

2004- responsibilities associated with reopening the Museum of Modern Art on 53rd St do not allow for painting for a year.

2005- leave of absence from position as a Director of Publishing the Museum of Modern Art to paint, spends 2 months on Great Cranberry and completes series of 6 large works.

2005- "Great Cranberry" exhibited in group show featuring "The Art of the Cranberry Isles" including artists that worked on the island over the last half-century.

2005- first solo exhibition, "Summer's Work" attended by over 200 island residents.

2005- two paintings selected for first juried exhibition, "War and Peace, 2005" in Stockton, New Jersey.

2005- resigns position from the Museum of Modern Art to pursue paintings full time.

2006- new studio in Stratord completed.

2006- Gallery 170 in Damariscotta agrees to represent work and to plan a solo exhibition.

2006- website, lawrenceedgarallen.com, designed and launched by Mary Ropp

2006- Solo exhibition at Shaw Gallery in Northeast Harbor, ME 8/3-8/16

2006-2007- Group Exhibition at Gallery 170 in Darmariscotta, ME 12/8/06-1/16/07

2006-2007- Group Exhibition at the Alan Freshman Fine Arts Gallery in Beacon, NY 12/29/06-2/15/07