Leann Vineyard Cooper
“All I’ve ever wanted to be is a mother and an artist. I have been blessed to be able to be both. My favorite subject matter is people. My favorite medium is ebony pencil on bristol board.”
After spending 20 years as a fulltime mom for three children, Leann returned to her love for drawing and watercolor. She discovered that her talent was not lost but just on standby waiting until the time was right for her to sharpen a few pencils and begin marks of faith and hope again on a fresh page.
Leann enjoys drawing portraits and has completed several commissions over the past year. The emotional tone of her work reminds viewers that hope dwells within hard times and beauty is present in the simple things we see about us each day, like tomato sandwiches and dragonflies.
As a child growing up in Knox County and, later, a student at Gibbs High School, Leann developed her talent and gained an appreciation for community. She received scholarships and invitations to submit works within the community, which helped her grow as an artist. Leann still enjoys participating in local arts events, such as the Grainger County Tomato Festival, the Lavender Festival in Oak Ridge and the Tennessee Valley Fair. Her work has consistently earned awards. However, Leann values most interacting with people at exhibitshearing their life stories, which are linked to what they see in her work, and being reminded anew of the gentle and mysterious ways God continues to interact with us to bring purpose and healing.
Although Leann has done commercial art ranging from logos to billboards, her lifelong dream has been to illustrate a children’s book. Recently she was able to realize that dream when she completed drawings for The Tale of Ole Green Eyes, which is scheduled to be published later this year.
Leann also does drawings and paintings for charity. This past year her work has helped support the work of Lupus Foundation and the National Wildlife Federation. For the coming year, she plans to do work for The Hope Research Center and Amachi program. On a personal level, Leann has been diagnosed with several autoimmune diseases and searches out ways to donate her work and help benefit research in these areas.
You may see Leann’s work at the sites below and contact her at
[email protected] or twitter @leannvc.
Visit my sites:
www.leannvineyardcooper.com
www.etsy.com/shop/leannvc
www.zazzle.com/leannvc
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