A WORLDWIDE Plein Air Painting Organization
Artist Statement:

Karl Eric Leitzel was born in 1957 and has been an artist as long as he can remember. "It isn't just a profession, it's a way of viewing and reacting to the world and the people around me. I see patterns, relationships, and possibilities everywhere. And then, I want to rearrange and add and subtract and, in one expressive medium or another, bring something new into the world."
Beyond the James River, Hollywood Cemetery" 12" by 12", Acrylic on canvas
"Forest Path with Dame's Rockets", 12" by 9",
Oil on panel
"Niagara, Horseshoe Falls, Afternoon", 12" by 16",
Oil on canvas panel
"Rolling Fields, June Morning", 18" by 24",
Oil on panel
"Willows in Morning Light",
24" by 30",
Oil on canvas
"Distant Farm", 8" by 8",
Oil on panel
CV

Resumé-

1974  Scholarship - Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts

1993, 1994  Southern Maryland Wildlife Festival

1993-1998  People's Choice Festival of Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts   Boalsburg. Helped create the first festival in 1993.
My wife, Linda, actually came up with the name for the festival.

1994  Birds in Art (juried), Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum   Wausau, Wisconsin

1995  Six paintings featured in Wildlife Painting Step by Step by Patrick Seslar, publ. by North Light Books

1995-1996  (3) Stories and illustrations published in Pennsylvania Game News magazine

1995 and 1996  Taught painting and photography to Elderhostel groups at Spruce Lake Retreat Center Canadensis, Pennsylvania

2006  Taught basic landscape painting to Navajo teens and adults at Navajo BIC Mission's Vacation Bible School, New Mexico

2006  Juried acceptance into Oil Painters of America as an associate artist member

2007  Juried into American Impressionist Society Annual National Show (2 pieces) at Hilligoss Galleries, Chicago

2007  Co-hosted first venue of World Tour of Contemporary Landscape Artists at Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, New York


Awards-
2006 The Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania Juried Show, Lemont, PA: Third in Show

2006 International Plein Air Painters (IPAP) World Wide Paint Out, Niagara Falls, Ontario: Third in Quick Draw Contest


Corporate Collections -

Boyd Financial Planning    Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Penns Valley Dental Associates   Spring Mills, Pennsylvania

The Portolan Group   Sarasota, Florida

Johnson Brothers Accounting   Spring Mills, Pennsylvania


Professional Organizations -

International Plein Air Painters - Signature Member as of 2007

Oil Painters of America - Artist Associate Member

Landscape Artists International - Founder and Director, webmaster

American Impressionist Society - Artist Member

Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania - Artist Member

Farmland Preservation Artists of Central Pennsylvania - Artist Member, webmaster



Contact Info:

Website:
http://keleitzel.com

Email:
karl@keleitzel.com
International Plein Air Painters
Est. 10/19/01
Karl Eric Leitzel
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