User:Leonard C James/sandbox

EARLY YEARS
Grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. Where he was a student of art and music, and was heavily influenced by Monet and Picasso.

EDUCATION
1976 B.A., FRESNO STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA

ABOUT LIFE
James also heavily influenced and student of the great German artist Gerhard Richter, whose paintings have broken every record for highest prices realized for art for a living artist.

Favorite Picasso quote – “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Personal quote = “Art is the premise of things hoped for through the beauty of things seen.”

James Leonard has emerged as one of California’s leading abstract expressionist painters. Leonard’s emotionally charged compositions, which at first appear purely abstract, often suggest embedded landscapes, figures, and objects. Working with

acrylics on canvas or board, Leonard uses bold horizontal and vertical strokes and variegated color to suggest different moods, seasons, registers, art historic resonations, etc. While one work might convey a lacy, Rococo, light decorativeness, another might seize the viewer with high-contrast lights and darks and drastic strokes in a Baroque manner, deep with gravitas. “Just as our lives unfold in unique and beautiful ways, so do my paintings have their own unique and individual expression. Most artists work from the outside in, the subject is outside of themselves. I work from the inside out Most artists work with brushes, while Leonard works with extended palette knives. “I’m pulling paint, layering one layer at a time, which creates a sense of history in the painting. It’s like looking at a fence post that’s been repainted over a period of time. You can see the different colors and layers.” In art-speak, this geometric depth of ground is known as ‘push-pull.’ What first appears as the ‘background’ may suddenly exceed to the forefront of the painting, while what a second ago seemed like the forefront,

recedes. “Great art is such a surprise. It’s so enchanting, so delightfully unexpected and unpredictable. In order to create that, you have to drop the concept of imposing what you think it should be, and allow the work to evolve in its own way. That requires all the skills of listening, allowing – learning to quiet that part of our mind that is constantly telling us how things should be. For me, that’s the essence of creativity.” “Leonard’s compositions are non-representational and move the viewer’s eye vertically or horizontally across the space. This basic movement is complicated by layers of dropped, 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 results in heavy impasto, or textured surfaces with a glossy, wet shine, making them particularly beautiful when seen in person.” – Urban

Tulsa Weekly, 2010 “There can be thirty or forty layers in one painting, creating the feeling of a ‘waterfall.’ As a final touch, Leonard employs a technique he calls ‘sgraffito’ – scraping lines through the upper layers, so the colors of the ground layers show through. It’s a technique that demands courage and conviction; one misstep can destroy an entire painting.” – Art writer, critic, and curator Dallas Faulkner.

TEACHING ART
1980 -1993 MT. DIABLO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ADULTS, DEVELOPMENTALLY

DISABLED LAFAYETTE CA.

MUSEUM AND JURIED EXHIBITIONS
→ 2018 ART BASEL RED DOT ART FAIR, MIAMI, FLORIDA

→ 2018 ART MARKET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA.

→ 2017 ART MARKET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA.

→ 2013 INTERNATIONAL ART SAN DIEGO, SAN DIEGO, CA.

→ 2012 ART BASEL MIAMI, MIAMI, FLORIDA

→ 2012 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION BOLD EXPRESSIONS CARMICHAEL CA.

→ 2010 ANDREWS ART MUSEUM, EXHIBITION, ANDREWS, NC

→ 2005 ALAMEDA ART CENTER “CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACTS” JUROR: KENNETH

→ BAKER, ART CRITIC, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE

→ 2004 SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE, MUSEUM OF THE LIVING ARTIST 47TH ANNUAL

→ INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, SAN DIEGO, CA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE

→ 2004 ALBANY MUSEUM, INSTITUTE OF HISTORY &amp;amp;amp; ART, ALBANY, NY

→ 2002 BELLEVUE ART MUSEUM, EXHIBITOR, BELLEVUE, WA

→ 2001 PALM SPRINGS DESERT MUSEUM, 32ND ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION, ARTISTS COUNCIL AWARD

→ 2001 BELLEVUE ART MUSEUM, EXHIBITOR BELLEVUE, WA

→ 2000 SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART: ALL CALIFORNIA JURIED EXHIBITION, SILVER AWARD

→ 1999 AWARD FROM THE ARTIST’S MAGAZINE, BEST EXPERIMENTAL CATEGORY AWARD

COLLECTIONS
•APPLE CORP, JEFF WILLIAMS C.O.O.

• 3I CORPORATION, WALTHAM, MA

• ABRY PARTNERS, BOSTON, MA

• ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC., BOSTON, MA

• ADOBE SYSTEMS, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

• ALUMAX CORP. HEADQUARTERS, ATLANTA, GA

• ANDREW SPANGLER, SPANGLER LAW P.C. LONGVIEW, TEXAS

• ANDREW &amp;amp; ANN H. TISCH, NEW YORK, NEW YORK

• APPIA DEVELOPMENTS, VANCOUVER, CANADA

• ARTHUR ANDERSON, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

• ASCENT ART VENTURES LLC., DALLAS, TX

• AXIS, HAMILTON, BERMUDA

• BIOGEN INC., CAMBRIDGE, MA

• BOSTON STOCK EXCHANGE, BOSTON, MA

• BOSTON SCIENTIFIC, BOSTON, MA

• BROOKFIELD POWER, MARLBOROUGH MA

• BROOKSTONE INC., AMHERST, NH

• BURNS &amp;amp; LEVINSON, BOSTON, MA

• CARTER &amp;amp; COMPANY BOSTON, MA

• CB RICHARD ELLIS, WALNUT CREEK, CA

• CENTRE SOLUTIONS, BERMUDA

• CETRULO &amp;amp; CAPONE, BOSTON, MA

• CHURCH PARK LUXURY APTS, BOSTON, MA.

• COLOR KENITICS, BOSTON, MA

• COLLEGE PARK MUSIC DEPT, PLEASANT HILL, CA.

• COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL

• CORNNUTS TOASTED CORN, OAKLAND, CA

• CONSULATE GENERAL OF LUXEMBOURG

• DDJ CAPITOL, BOSTON, MA

• DECORATE YOUR WALLS, SEATTLE, WA.

• DELIOTTE CONSULTING BOSTON, MA

• DRISCOLL AGENCY, BOSTON, MA

• DWYER &amp;amp; COLLORA, BOSTON, MA

• EDINBORO UNIVERSITY, ENINBORO, PA

• EDWARDS &amp;amp; ANGELL, BOSTON, MA

• ELLEN O. TAUSHER, CONGRESSWOMAN, 10TH DISTRICT

• EPSTEIN BECKER &amp;amp; GREENBOSTON, MA

• FACTORY MOTOR PARTS, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

• FAIRMONT WATERFRONT HOTEL,VANCOUVER CANADA

• FENWAY VENTURES LLC., BOSTON, MA

• FILMTWIST.COM SAN FRANCISCO, CA.

• FLORIDA CREDIT UNION, TALLAHASSEE, FL

• FM GLOBAL, WALTHAM, MA.

• FM GLOBAL, NORWOOD, MA.

• FSP PHOENIX TOWER LTD., HOUSTON, TX

• GOODWIN, PROCTER &amp;amp; HOAR, BOSTON, MA

• GROOM LAW GROUP, WASHINGTON, D.C.

• HADCO, CANTON, MA

• HALE &amp;amp; DORR LAW OFFICES, BOSTON, MA

• HARVARD VANGARD MEDICAL ASS. BOSTON, MA.

• HYATT REGENCY, VANCOUVER, CANADA

• HINKIE &amp;amp; FORAN, TALLAHASSEE, FL

• HOFFMAN COMPANIES, BOSTON, MA.

• INN AT THE OPERA PLAZA, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

• INOTEK PHARMACEUTICALS, LEXINGTON, MA.

• INTERFACE CONSULTING INT., HOUSTON, TX

• INTEGRATED FINANCIAL PARTNERS BOSTON, MA.

• IOI INC. BOSTON, MA.

• ISSACSON MILLER, WASHINGTON, D.C.

• JACK MORTON WORLDWIDE, BOSTON, MA

• JOULE UNLIMITED INC. BEDFORD, MA.

• KAISER PERMANTE HOSPITAL, VALLEJO, CA

• KIM COPELAND PRODUCTIONS, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

• KEG RESTAURANT, TORONTO, RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO, ST. JAMES

• WINNIPEG, CANADA

• LARSON-JUHL CORP, CRAIG &amp;amp; JUNE PONIZO

• LIFOKA GRAFISCHE, DEN HAAG, HOLLAND

• LOEWS CORP., NEW YORK, NEW YORK

• LOGAN, TOM, CEO MIRION TECHNOLOGIES SAN RAMON, CA.

• LOOPER, REED, MARK &amp;amp; MCGRAW, HOUSTON, TX

• MARRIOTT COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON, MA.

• MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH WASHINGTON, DC

• MAYER, BROWN, ROWE, &amp;amp; MAW, WASHINGTON, DC

• MEANY &amp;amp; OLIVER, MCLEAN, VA

• MEMORIAL HERMAN – TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS

• MFA MOODY, FAMIGLIETTE &amp;amp; ANDRONICO,TEWKSBURY, MA.

• MIRION TECHNOLOGIES INC, SAN RAMON, CA

• MOPAR, DETROIT, MICHIGAN

• MOTOROLA COMPANY, DALLAS, TX

• NASA’S STENNIS SPACE CENTER, STARKVILLE, MS

• NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, BOSTON, MA

• PACIFIC UNION REAL ESTATE, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

• PARADIGM ESTATE WINES, OAKVILLE, NAPA VALLEY

• PALMER &amp;amp; DODGE, BOSTON, MA

• PIEDMONT REALITY,WASHINGTON,D.C.

• PILKO &amp;amp; ASSOCIATES, HOUSTON, TX

• PRINCE, LOBEL, GLOVSKY &amp;amp; TYE, LLP.BOSTON, MA

• PRESIDIO GROUP, WASHINGTON, D.C.

• ROBERTS HOME &amp;amp; VIDEO INC, LOS ANGELES, CA.

• SAGE HILL PARTNERS, CAMBRIDGE, MA

• SANFORD BERNSTEIN, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

• SCHNAEDER, HARRISON, SEGAL &amp;amp; LEWIS LAWOFFICES, ATLANTA, GA

• SCM MICROSYSTEMS, LOS GATOS, CA

• SCUDDER, STEVENS &amp;amp; CLARK, BOSTON, MA

• SHIRE PHARMACEUTICALS, BOSTON, MA

• SIMPLEX CORP, WESTMINSTER, MA

• SIMPLEX INC., BOSTON, MA

• SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, &amp;amp; FLOM, BOSTON, MA

• SKY ACROSS, TOKYO, JAPAN

• SOUNDBOARD CONSULTING GROUP LLC BOONTON TOWNSHIP, N. J.

• STONEBRIDGE ASSOCIATES, BOSTON, MA

• SUMMITT BANK, OAKLAND, WALNUT CREEK &amp;amp;EMERYVILLE, CA

• SUNSET MAGAZINE IDEA HOUSE, SAN JOSE, CA.

• SYMANTEC CORPORATION, NEW YORK &amp;amp; CUPERTINO, CA

• TARGET CORP, MICHAEL &amp;amp; MEENA MCNAMARAC CIO

• MINNEAPOLIS, MN.

• THOMAS MIZO CHADWICK, SAYLOR &amp;amp; CO., LOS ANGELES, CA

• TISBURY CAPITAL, BOSTON, MA

• TOTAL SYSTEM SERVICES, COLUMBUS, GA

• TUFTS DENTAL SCHOOL, BOSTON, MA

• UNITED HEALTH CARE, AUSTIN &amp;amp; MEILSSA PITTMAN, CEO,

• MINNEAPOLIS MN.

• UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, CHILDRENS HOSPITAL, IOWA

• UNICCO, AUBURNDALE, MA

• USAA LAW OFFICES, SAN FRANCISCO, CA

• WASHINGTON REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, ROCKVILLE, MD

• WAYPOINT CAPITAL, BOSTON, MA.

• WELLS FARGO BANK, PASADANA, CA.

• WILMER HALE, NEW YORK, NY

• WUSTHOF KNIVES, SOLINGEN, GERMANY

• XL CORP. HAMILTON, BERMUDA.