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Artist Statement:
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Artist Exhibitions:
"Creation" (watercolors)
Temple Bnai Israel,
Willimantic September
2006...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
New York Public Library
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY
James Moroney, Brooklyn NY
Celia Sachs, New York NY
Glenn Geist, Key West FL
Avi Shtevi, Montreal QC
John Haber, New York NY
Tom and Bonnie Stone,
Newington CT
Henry and Mary Burdelski,
Newington CT
Marilyn Isaacson, Simsbury CT
Iwo Jima Survivors ...
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Commissions:
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Leanna Loomer Biography:
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Age
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60
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| Gender |
Female
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
1
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| Religion |
Jewish |
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| Education |
Masters of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
crafts, music, languages, writing |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Photography Other
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Modernism - (1890 - 1940)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Marc Chagall
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| Favorite Work of Art |
I and the Village
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
The early Modernists have particularly inspired me. After academic training that included studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, I sympathized with the early Avant Garde and their perceived need for a reconstitution of art. I have seen a higher level of redefinition of the creative process (and product) during that period than at any other time in the history of art. |
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
Art was always my primary interest. I began with a great appreciation for it but also was encouraged to be involved in producing it myself. I mastered artistic disciplines, but what finally has become my primary concern is the creative impulse itself, what it is, how to experience it, and how it defines our humanity. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
I began studying art at the graduate level while still in my twenties, my first area of study art history. I spent a few years as an art history adjunct and many more in the marginally or non-arts-related working world. This fueled my decision to (re)turn to studio art in my forties; I developed a portfolio and was accepted at Pratt Institute's MFA program, in printmaking. Discovering photography in the process of those studies, I have since exhibited, taught, and worked primarily in black and white analog and alternative methods photography. (I currently work in medium-format photography.) I was able to take an early retirement as I was completing my MFA, and I have since done exclusively arts-related work. As circuitous as my path to become an artist has been, I believe it has given me a vision and mastery I might not have otherwise achieved. |
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