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Tim Leonard

Tim Leonard is the Resident Dining Manager at Ithaca Collage. He has worked as a chef throughout the Ithaca area and in the Caribbean. Although a great chef, Tim’s real passion is painting. He has been dabbling in water colors and oils for years but became serious about his art about a year ago. His first exhibition was ln October of 2006 at the Ithaca Barnes and Noble but I am sure people in the Finger Lake’s area will see a lot more of his talent in the upcoming months and years. Here are some of his latest paintings.

Susan Miller

Nature in all her wild and beautiful forms fascinates me. The world of water especially draws me and all the wild creatures therein. This combines with a love of the mythical, magical and archetypal.

I began as an underwater photographer in Hawaii. There I shot mainly fish, sea turtles, wild dolphins and occasionally underwater nudes. I still try to visit the islands as often as I can.In Ithaca it is the lakes, waterfalls and flowers, especially water flowers like lilies and lotuses that are my frequent subjects. I create mythical, magical aspects for them by adding models as nature spirits.

The month of July, I have a solo show at Spirit and Kitsch, 210 Elmira Rd, Ithaca. Dring the month of August I will have another solo show at the Smart Monkey Café, nearby at 335 Elmira Rd. I will continue to have an ongoing permanent exhibit at Spirit and Kitsch.
In 2007 my work was exhibited locally at Tompkins County Public Library, Community School of Music and Art, Starbucks, Moosewood, Smart Monkey Cafe and of course Spirit and Kitsch.

Paul McMillan


*Self Portrait*	*Water Wheel*	*Night Roads*

Paul McMillan is a self-taught artist best known for his landscapes and still life paintings. Paul’s style ranges from classical to abstract and occasionally includes original poetry and music as subject matter. His artwork is strong in light, shadow and atmosphere, with deep, rich colors.

Most of Paul’s paintings are created with a wet color technique, using stand oil mixed with small amounts of beeswax and mastic resin as a medium. This adds to the depth and luminosity of pigments and works well for both impasto, thickly layered and smooth surfaces. A very thin coat of liquin a quick-drying medium for oil and alkyd paint, is used as a varnish to protect the finished painting without altering the sheen or texture.
•Paul is a 1972 graduate of Graford High School in Graford, Texas. He began pursuing art as a profession in 1978 and has received numerous awards, including:
•1986 Texas State Sesquicentennial Artist of the Year Contest, runner-up
•1986 Texas Sesquicentennial Bell Telephone Cover Contest, Finalist 1995 Best of Show at Taos Spring Arts
•1999 Second Overall, “25th Anniversary Taos Fall Arts Festival,” Taos, NM
•2001 First Place, “20th Annual Art Exhibit,” Lewisburg Festival of The Arts, Lewisburg, PA

Born in Kansas in 1954, Paul was raised in Texas. Paul’s professional career began in the late 1970s in central Texas. Inspired by the beauty of the Southwest, Paul moved to Taos, New Mexico in 1988 to explore the region’s artistic possibilities. Paul took an apartment amongst fellow working artists on Martyr’s Lane in the historic district of Taos in 1989, where he lived and worked for ten years. He was the last painter to leave Martyr’s Lane in August of 1999. Paul subsequently lived in La Mesilla, New Mexico; Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, and Glen Rose, Texas before moving to Ithaca, New York, where he currently resides.

Carlton Manzano

Carlton is a true Plein Air (painting outdoors) artist who creates his paintings from his mobile studio -- a ‘95 minivan -- using the steering wheel as his easel. Painting in snow, rain or hail, like the US Postman, never discouraged by the elements. Working quickly, he captures the moment, with strokes that are confidently applied. The results are fresh, bold impressionistic canvases. Carlton’s use of colors appears extreme and brilliant, bordering on surreal upon close inspection. They are strong and very intense without being unrealistic. “I tend towards realism, then tweak up the colors,” said Carlton.

It’s a great approach. Carlton simply drives around until a scene or view strikes him -- it could be a tree, an old barn, a running brook. His mobile studio takes him to places inaccessible to even the most diehard Plein Air painter.

Carlton has always been an artist, pursuing his talent in an unconventional way since childhood. He was born in Mexico City in 1954 and grew up in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Cleveland Institute of Art.

In 1978, Carlton enlisted in the army, serving as a helicopter pilot. During his military career, he was stationed at various bases around the world. He painted as a way to record his personal experiences.

Carlton’s work today reflects the images and people he encountered in his travels over the years -- a provocative, unconscious synthesis of disparate characters and themes that is best described as a combination of realism and high-energy expressionism. His style is inspired by the work of Winslow Homer and George Bellows. In each of his paintings, Carlton strives to adhere to a creative philosophy based on four elements: color, light, emotion and energy with the emphasis on bold, intense color and action.

Carlton and his wife Ann currently live in the Finger Lakes area of New York. He is now devoted to his career as an artist, working in oil, watercolor, and mixed media. His paintings have been exhibited in shows throughout the country.Carlton is a true Plein Air (painting outdoors) artist who creates his paintings from his mobile studio -- a ‘95 minivan -- using the steering wheel as his easel. Painting in snow, rain or hail, like the US Postman, never discouraged by the elements. Working quickly, he captures the moment, with strokes that are confidently applied. The results are fresh, bold impressionistic canvases. Carlton’s use of colors appears extreme and brilliant, bordering on surreal upon close inspection. They are strong and very intense without being unrealistic. “I tend towards realism, then tweak up the colors,” said Carlton.

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