in Panna Maria. A team including Lawrence’s son Matthew Di Filippo installed an intricate, 9-foot-diameter medallion bearing the seals of Poland, the United States and the state of Texas. Galveston-based artist Steve Harding’s design is meant to capture Panna Maria’s status as the oldest Polish settlement in the country.
“My personal thing is that we look at all of our jobs as special. And we aren’t doing anything to win an award with the association,” Lawrence said. “We know what’s good work. But it’s nice when your peers say it.” “They told him around the Depression, 'Come on back,' and he said, 'No, I like it here, the weather’s good,' ” Lawrence said. “He bought the shares, and turned it into Venice Art Terrazzo. So we’ve been Venice Art Terrazzo since 1934.”