Leonard Wren
LEONARD WREN — An Inspired American Impressionist Capturing the joy of light and life. The paintings of Leonard Wren emanate his sincere joy for life and the beauty of the world around him. Finding infinite beauty and inspiration in the everyday world, Wren paints intimate scenes with grace and eloquence. He is able convey, without embellishment, the subtle beauty in scenes often overlooked by others.
The subjects in Leonard Wren's paintings - swans at rest, ordered gardens, bright riots of wildflowers - lead you to believe that the painter spends most of his time peacefully surveying idyllic, nonexistent places. But in fact, it's the everyday world that provides Wren's inspiration.
When Wren discovered Impressionism, specifically the work of Monet, he “began to see in a totally new way.” Despite having a young family to support, Leonard decided to pursue a career as an artist. He sought out a teacher who could help him learn to paint light and color, and every week for a year traveled from his home in Tulsa to Oklahoma City to study with Richard and Edith Goetz.
He quickly reached a point in his career where he was able to concentrate his efforts on his love of painting. In 1976, about a year after he began painting, Leonard closed his commercial design business, which he had owned and operated since 1964. After just a few years of painting, his inherent ability positioned Leonard as one of the leading American Impressionists.
Title: Lake Como Ristorante
Medium: Giclée on Canvas
Size: 24 x 30
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What Lenny Loves
The Art Shop’s Inc. owner and president, Lenny Dolin, is an avid cyclist, tennis player and art lover, but unlike a lot of people who are either left brain or right brain, Lenny is also adept at debits and credits and anything to do with accounting. What makes many people’s eyes glaze over comes easily to Lenny. “I just know enough to be dangerous,” he says. Modesty aside, thank heavens he’s good at it because a businesses can’t survive without someone in control of its finances. He pays all the bills and the salaries of our incredible staff and keeps The Art Shop on a steady financial keel.
Lenny has had three careers in his life:
