Gary Leonard

Dragon’s Beauty, Oil Painting

2019

Artist Comments
"This exciting composition features a flowing movement of bright warm colors," says artist Gary Leonard. "The dress brings an abstraction of colors that enhance...

Artist Comments
Artist Gary Leonard portrays a compelling figure of a woman with alluring red hair and a striking side profile. With her hands on her waist, she tilts her chin up in poised confidence. Gary captures her emotion with combined styles of realism and expressionism. The dark background creates a dramatic contrast and emphasizes the tonal palette making it appear to be three-dimensional. Pops of vibrant colors in teal, red, yellow, purple, and blue add points of interest and a dash of whimsy.

About the Artist
Through composition, color, texture and more, Gary Leonard celebrates beauty. His works start with the subject, but then he lets the work evolve into a more complex composition. Oftentimes, he enjoys merging figures with abstract images and varying textures. He hopes that his works will leave the viewer with a sense of warmth and peace. When he's not making art, he enjoys listening to music and learning how to play the piano.

Words that describe this painting: figurative, whimsical, oilpaint, realism, figurative, woman, people, hair, expressionism, fashion, vertical, expressionism, people, oil painting, black

Woman with Red...

Artist Comments
In artist Wynston Edun's series of portraits, he focuses on stories every individual possesses. Expressive portraits reveal varying emotions rendered in pronounced painterly strokes using vibrant colors. Here, a young boy tilts his head, gazing out with open curiosity.

About the Artist
Wynston Edun was born in Nigeria and emigrated to the United States in 1987 after receiving his degree in Fine Arts from the University of Benin. He constructs semi-abstract figures with spontaneous bursts of color and impulsive mark making, using both traditional and non-traditional techniques. Wynston’s inspiration derives from human behaviors and characteristics which he depicts by layering color and texture with palette knives, brushes, and natural sponges. Inspired by the narrative figurative style of traditional African art, Wynston’s influences include artists of the African modernist genre who combine traditional and contemporary aesthetics to convey emotion.

Words that describe this painting: expressionism, portrait, African art, contemporary, painterly, boy, people, eyes, child, expressionism, people, oil painting, brown

Boy in Blue Stripe Shirt...

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Part of artist Wynston Edun's series of portraits that focus on individual stories within each subject. In this piece, a pair of intense eyes stare out to the v...

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An expressionist portrait of a boy in deep teal and yellow by artist Wynston Edun. Wynston captures a tender moment as the child gently touches the petals in wo...

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Artist Malia Pettit depicts a soft portrait of an expressive woman in tones of vibrant crimson leaning against a muted wall. "It's a...