Diane Leonard is one of America's most highly respected contemporary impressionists. Raised in Boston, Massachusetts, she has the privilege of being one of only twenty-five members of the Society of American Impressionists. A self-taught artist, her work is exhibited worldwide and her first One-Woman Show in Nagano, Japan was a huge success. She has exhibited in numerous shows throughout the United States and abroad. Diane has studied with Bettina Steinke and Helen Van Wyk.

 

Permanent Collections

Dante Alighieri Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Long Beach Museum of Art

Spectrum Health Care Center, Michigan

Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts

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The Williams Collection, Cincinnati, Ohio

University of Arizona Collection

The Ellison Collection, Boston

 

Shows

Great American Artists Show, Cincinnati, Ohio

Haley Library Center Show, Midland, Texas

Salmagundi Art Club, New York City

Allied Artists of America, New York City

 

Her paintings have been collected by celebrated people from royalty to heads of state. Leonard's involvement with the community keeps her very busy. Each year she donates her work to different charities to support their worthwhile causes. She is also an instructor at the Scottsdale Artists School. Diane continues to grow as a painter, always seeking new avenues for her creative expression. The growing demand for Leonard's work is so exciting - her paintings sell as quickly as she paints them.

 

 Phoenix artist and author, Diane Leonard won Second Place in the Lousiana Artists' Guild 40th Annual Show held in Baton Rouge, Lousiana with her painting, "Little Flower Girl." The show is a national show where winners where choosen from over five hundred entrants. The show continues through January 20th.

Diane's paintings have been shown in five other prestigious national exhibitions over the past two years, including: The Audubon Artists Show in New York City, Paint America National Show, Art Kudos Show, The Westmoreland Fine Art Show in Pennsylvania and the Richeson Show.

"Little Flower Girl" is of Fifi, a child who has been posing for the artist since she was a baby. She is now ten years old and is in the fourth grade at Madison Simis Elementary School in Phoenix.

 

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