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David Leffel
David A. Leffel is a modern master recognized by his peers as a painters’ painter. His subjects range from figure and portrait to landscape and still life but his real suject matter is light flowing and drifting over surfaces.
He grew up in New York City and studied art and painting at both Parsons School of Design and Fordham University. In 1959 and 1960, he studied at The Art Students League of New York. In 1972, he returned to The Art Students League of New York as an instructor until he moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1992. Leffel has received many honors in his career including Gold and Silver medals at the National Academy of Western Art today known as the Prix de West Invitational, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Allied Artists, New York; and National Academy of Design, New York. He still participates in numerous group and one-person shows.
In 2003, a collection of his teachings, An Artist Teaches, Reflections on the Art of Painting was published by Bright Light Publishing to world-wide acclaim for its ability to integrate his philosophical views and humor with an understanding of technique that can be appreciated by artists and collectors alike.
Leffel's work can be found in permanent museum collections throughout the United States, as well as in numerous private collections here and abroad.
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