One of Leonza’s first sketches using a palette knife to paint.
The Dancer Sketch
One of Leonza’s first sketches using a palette knife to paint.
One of Leonza’s first sketches using a palette knife to paint.
Lobster Trap
Pueblo Houses
Curving Street
First full painting done with palette knife.
Bare Feet
Exploring the use of highlighting and color in an image with a very shallow depth of field.
The Race
An intense horse race, based on a picture found in the New York Times.
The Garage
En Plein Air: The garage in the spring time
Sketch of the C and O Canal
Biking Trail
A reflection of one of Leonza’s favorite hobbies, biking.
Ice Skating in The Netherlands
Although it has been 22 years since the last elfstedentocht, which happened in 1997, the canals that do sometimes freeze over in the Netherlands can still make for a peaceful skating environment.
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