JAMES C. LEONARD

  • Blue Sunset Diptych

    Blue Sunset Diptych

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 36 inches each

  • Dancing in the Moonlight

    Dancing in the Moonlight

    Acrylic on canvas | 60 x 72 inches

  • Maui Up Close Flowers

    Maui Up Close Flowers

    Acrylic on canvas | 54 x 54 inches

  • Rivers Speak Diptych

    Rivers Speak Diptych

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 36 inches each

  • Spring Music

    Spring Music

    Acrylic on canvas | 60 x 72 inches

  • Stolen Moments

    Stolen Moments

    Acrylic on canvas | 48 x 68 inches

  • Three Rivers

    Three Rivers

    Acrylic on canvas | 60 x 60 inches

  • Tiffany Landscape (SOLD)

    Tiffany Landscape (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 60 x 72 inches

  • Prayers Get Answered (SOLD)

    Prayers Get Answered (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 60 x 72 inches

  • High Sunrise

    High Sunrise

    Acrylic on canvas | 48 x 68 inches

  • Landscape Understood (SOLD)

    Landscape Understood (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 36 inches

  • Blue Landscape

    Blue Landscape

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 36 inches

  • Fallen Leaves In My Dreams (SOLD)

    Fallen Leaves In My Dreams (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 60 x 60 inches

  • East To West

    East To West

    Acrylic on canvas | 54 x 54 inches

  • The Blues (SOLD)

    The Blues (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 54 x 54 inches

  • Red Maple

    Red Maple

    Acrylic on canvas | 72 x 72 inches

  • Unseen Melody (SOLD)

    Unseen Melody (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 60 x 72 inches

  • Migration of Dreams

    Migration of Dreams

    Acrylic on canvas | 48 x 68 inches

  • Landscape 17 (SOLD)

    Landscape 17 (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 48 x 68 inches

  • Ancient Falls (SOLD)

    Ancient Falls (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 48 x 68 inches

  • Migration of Black Birds

    Migration of Black Birds

    Acrylic on canvas | 60 x 60 inches

  • Landscape in My Dreams

    Landscape in My Dreams

    Acrylic on canvas | 60 x 60 inches

  • Fast Paced (SOLD)

    Fast Paced (SOLD)

    Acrylic on panel | 36 x 48 inches

  • These Hands

    These Hands

    Acrylic on canvas | 72 x 72 inches

  • Great View from Here

    Great View from Here

    Acrylic on canvas | 48 x 68 inches

  • Spring Again (SOLD)

    Spring Again (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 48 inches

  • First Light (SOLD)

    First Light (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 72 inches

  • First Dawn (SOLD)

    First Dawn (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 48 inches

  • Water Colors

    Water Colors

    Acrylic on canvas | 72 x 72 inches

  • Visions of Maui (SOLD)

    Visions of Maui (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 60 x 72 inches

  • Spring in View (SOLD)

    Spring in View (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 72 inches

  • Whispers of You (SOLD)

    Whispers of You (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 72 inches

  • Now (SOLD)

    Now (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 60 x 60 inches

  • Walking Along Your Beach (SOLD)

    Walking Along Your Beach (SOLD)

    Acrylic on wood panel | 36 x 36 inches

  • Vermont Leaves

    Vermont Leaves

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 72 inches

  • Seen Throughout (SOLD)

    Seen Throughout (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 72 x 72 inches

  • Seen Before (Landscape series)

    Seen Before (Landscape series)

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 72 inches

  • Scenes of You (SOLD)

    Scenes of You (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 72 x 72 inches

  • Sand and Sea (SOLD)

    Sand and Sea (SOLD)

    Acrylic on wood panel | 36 x 36 inches

  • Rocks and Sand

    Rocks and Sand

    Acrylic on wood panel | 36 x 36 inches

  • Miles So What Jazz (SOLD)

    Miles So What Jazz (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 60 x 72 inches

  • Fall Sunsets (SOLD)

    Fall Sunsets (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 60 x 72 inches

  • Bis (Landscape series)

    Bis (Landscape series)

    Acrylic on wood panel | 36 x 36 inches

  • Shore to Shore (SOLD)

    Shore to Shore (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 68 x 48 inches

  • Weather's Fine (SOLD)

    Weather's Fine (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 60 x 72 inches

  • Stars at Night (SOLD)

    Stars at Night (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 72 inches

  • Waterfall in Red (SOLD)

    Waterfall in Red (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 48 x 37 inches

  • Your Colors (SOLD)

    Your Colors (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 72 inches

  • Seen Anew (SOLD)

    Seen Anew (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 54 x 54 inches

  • Blue Maui (SOLD)

    Blue Maui (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 48 x 36 inches

  • Movement of Water Diptych (SOLD)

    Movement of Water Diptych (SOLD)

    Acrylic on wood panel | 36 x 36 inches each

  • White Room (SOLD)

    White Room (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 72 x 72 inches

  • Gardens Speak (SOLD)

    Gardens Speak (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 72 inches

  • Off Shore Sunset (SOLD)

    Off Shore Sunset (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 72 x 72 inches

  • Hands of Time

    Hands of Time

    Acrylic on canvas 60 x 72 inches

  • Nature's View (SOLD)

    Nature's View (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 72 x 72 inches

  • Night and Day (SOLD)

    Night and Day (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 36 inches

  • Wisteria on the Fence (SOLD)

    Wisteria on the Fence (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 72 inches

  • Toast to Today

    Toast to Today

    Acrylic on canvas | 54 x 54 inches

  • The Thought of Nature (SOLD)

    The Thought of Nature (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 60 x 72 inches

  • Evening Sky (SOLD)

    Evening Sky (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 72 x 36 inches

  • Lemons on my Tree (SOLD)

    Lemons on my Tree (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 64 x 64 inches

  • Starry Nights

    Starry Nights

    Acrylic on canvas | 72 x 36 inches

  • Mystic Blue Diptych (SOLD)

    Mystic Blue Diptych (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 36 inches each

  • Red Tomorrow (UNAVAILABLE)

    Red Tomorrow (UNAVAILABLE)

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 48 inches

  • Spring Waterfalls (SOLD)

    Spring Waterfalls (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 60 x 60 inches

  • Maui Overhead (SOLD)

    Maui Overhead (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 36 x 72 inches

  • Out to Sea (SOLD)

    Out to Sea (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 18 x 62 inches framed

  • Big Waves Sunset on Maui (SOLD)

    Big Waves Sunset on Maui (SOLD)

    Acrylic on canvas | 72 x 36 inches

  • Monet Playing Jazz (SOLD)

    Monet Playing Jazz (SOLD)

  • Falling Down Around You (SOLD)

    Falling Down Around You (SOLD)

  • Surfer Girl (SOLD)

    Surfer Girl (SOLD)

  • Monet's Backyard (SOLD)

    Monet's Backyard (SOLD)

  • Floating Freely (SOLD)

    Floating Freely (SOLD)

  • French Nights (SOLD)

    French Nights (SOLD)

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Solo Exhibition Feb. 10, 2018 (SLIDESHOW)

Leonard’s compositions are entirely non-representational and move the viewer’s eye vertically or horizontally across the space. This basic movement is complicated by layers of dripped, speckled and fragmented colors that infuse not only a rich language of color, but also a visual history left to be discovered by the eye as it moves across the surface. Leonard’s inventive layering process using an "extended palette knife" results in heavy impasto, or textured, surfaces with a glossy, wet shine making them particularly stunning when seen in person. He prefers to call himself a "colorist" and listens to the work as it develops, often carrying an element of smooth transition that he relates to water.

View artist resume/CV HERE