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Deborah Leonard
My love of nature through observation and academic study has a strong influence on my painting....I find enjoyment, interest, and beauty in my surroundings wherever I may be. In the more traditional pieces, color and vibrancy are used to express my subject matter. I prefer to emphasize the simple elegance of a single tree or even part of one. I am blessed to
"My abstract work is more about chance and intent. I call it "in your face art", because, when viewed up close, these pieces present a totally different vision. Relationships vie for focus and new interactions take place. Synchronicity works its magic and the painting starts its journey."
Deborah Leonard is co-founder of theFarmington Valley's City and Country Canvases event with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. She is president of the Avon Arts Association and a member of the West Hartford Art League, the Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society and Simsbury Open Studios.
She teaches art classes for adults in Simsbury. She has created and maintained local artists programs in Avon and Bloomfield, allowing a venue for monthly shows and receptions to area artists.
Her work has appeared in numerous juried shows and is part of a permanent collection in the Children's Room at the Simsbury Library and private collections here and aboard. She has a designed jewelry for the Farmington River Watershed Association. Her work is currently for sale at Fastframe in Avon, Puffins Gallery in Watch Hill RI, Le Cherche Midi, Nantucket, MA, Petrini Gallery in Avon and Bill Selig Jewelers.
She serves on the boards of directors of the Farmington River Watershed Association, the Farmington Valley Visitors Association, and the Avon Art Association.
Catherine Elliot
Catherine M. Elliott is a contemporary artist whose work is evocative of the American Impressionistic Style of painting. Her works are painterly visions of her innermost admiration of God's creation. The wonder of these works are in its fresh liberation of color and light
Alexander Anisimov
Russian by birth, Alex grew up in Tajikistan, in the family of renowned inlay artist Yuriy Anisimov.
He went to the Russian Army for 2 years, traveling extensively and learning the world around him.
After four years in the college of Fine Arts, and after constant exhibitions, Alex continued study in Moscow. He moved to the US in 1991, to Hartford, CT.
Now happily living in Hartford County, he creates new pieces and participates in upcoming events.
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John Johnson is a Connecticut native, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts. He is the founder and owner of John Johnson Art Direction & Design, a graphic design firm located in historic Collinsville. His personal artwork provides an outlet creative freedom and unrestrained expression, yet relies heavily on strong compositional elements derived from nature and the real world, seen through his eyes.
live in an especially beautiful area, with soft meadows and rolling hills. I enjoy painting outdoors whenever possible. In my work I try to capture light and presence. I strive to record the feel of a place or time."
offering the viewer a sense of awe and peace. The paintings explore atmospheric conditions capturing a moment in time and place invoking the viewer to intimately see the sublime. Ms. Elliott has created numerous commissioned pieces, both commercial and private. She is an elected member of the Lyme Art Association in Old Lyme, Connecticut, a legacy left by nineteenth century artists, and is today a showcase of notable artists.
Raised with sculptors, painters and mosaic artists, Alex absorbed Fine Arts with the air of their studios, often helping them.
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