Leroy Neiman - Artist Of The Week

When I was growing up, I loved Leroy Neiman. I don't know if it was because of his flamboyant personality or the vivid colors in his paintings. He was, to me, one of a kind. He was pretty much the only modern era celebrity artist I knew about at the time, probably because he was always showing up on sports programs with his paintings. 

His colorful paintings are iconic. To me, they represented the sports era of my childhood. He painted golf, football, baseball, The Olympics, and he even painted an album cover for the 5th Dimension. I remember seeing him on television a couple of times when I was a kid.

Neiman did his work in oil, enamel, watercolor, pencil drawings, pastels, serigraphy, and some lithographs and etching.

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His paintings blast your senses with motion, strength, and color. 
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He wasn't a reclusive artist like Andy Warhol or Lucian Freud. I thought, wow, he's an artist and a celebrity. 
There are still places you can see his work on the internet. If you want an original, you can expect to pay a few bucks.  If I had the money, I'd be right there. 

Check his work out on these excellent interweb sites

Leroy Neiman Website                 Leroy Neiman Foundation

Artnet              ArtBorkerage

Now go out and make some art!

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