Myron Leski
- Myron Leski studied art at the Art Inststute of Chicago, has a M.A. in Fine Arts from Montclair State College in New Jersey, and studied painting at the Arts Students League of New York with Hughie Lee Smith, David Leffel and Isaac Soyer. He has a B.A. in history and was a schoolteacher for six years. Leski is also a Vietnam vet, and worked outside for Gannett Outdoor advertising as a Grade A pictorial billboard illustrator for fifteen years.
His pictorial subjects include rural and urban themes, portraiture, equine, and sports. Animal subjects hold a special interest. An acute observer, his paintings always start with a composition inspired by something seen on field trips across the country. His sketches and photographs are part of the creative process, made as reference material for paintings worked out in the studio. Leski prefers painting on a medium toned ground, working in the highlights and dark values, experimenting with brushwork and color, He treats his art as the mere medium for conveying something of social or human interest. Recent work has emphasized country themes.
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Original Oil. Title - "Goldfish"
Original Oil. Title - "Stallion Running Free"
Original Oil. Title - "Dingman's Toll Bridge"
Leski admires the qualities Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Edward Hopper, and James Reynolds put into their paintings. He works with traditional oil paints on canvas and prepared panels. A woodworker as well, many paintings are framed by the artist, often with found, weathered wood he reconditions to suite his subjects.
Original Oil. Title - "Pink Island Dunes"
Original Oil. Title - "Fishing Boats Avon NC"
Leski's work has been in galleries and exhibitions in the metropolitan area including S.E. Feinman Fine Arts, Ltd., NYC; The Newark Museum, Newark NJ; Squibb Galleries, Princeton NJ; Merrill Lynch, Newton NJ; the Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton NJ; Summit Art Center, Summit NJ; Village Green Artworks, Lafayette, NJ; Victory Frame, Lafayette Antique Mall, and in numerous private collections.
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- Elaine Kurie
- Felix Sherman
- Myron Leski
- Laurie Harden
- Joanna Wezyk
- Drue Chryst
- Sheena Bhattacharyya