Brandy McDonnell A version of this story appears in the Sunday Life section of The Oklahoman. Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition squares away fundraising efforts with annual 12x12 Art Fundraiser Trent Lawson has been spending a lot of hours staring at plate patterns with a miniscule brush in his hand. For the Oklahoma City artist known for painting pop culture mashups on velvet, that’s partly due to his decision to cross scenes from Ron Howard’s 1988 fantasy film “Willow” with the familiar Willow pattern often found on blue and white china for his latest work. “It’s like an English knockoff of a Dutch knockoff of a Chinese motif.Read more on NewsOK.com