Artist and teacher, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, where he was mainly based. He was head of painting at Leicester Polytechnic, 1975–84; head of the department of visual and performing arts, Newcastle Polytechnic, 1984–9; from 1989 was visiting fellow and artist-in-residence at Newcastle University, from 1993 artist-in-residence at St Alban’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Newcastle. Other residencies included Magdelen College, Oxford University; a period with its Aid to Bosnia, in Croatia; and Michigan State University, in America. Magdelen College holds Lazzari’s sensitive portrait, oil on canvas, of Sabina Alkire. He was art director for Coventry and Brecon Cathedral Youth Theatres. Group exhibitions included Young Contemporaries, RA Summer Exhibition, British Council in Hong Kong and Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, plus regular appearances at Laing Art Competition from 1993.