Featured are oil paintings, short videos, and a blog by Leigh Cohn, who is self-taught and uses a projector technique. He has given away more than 350 canvases, which are hanging in the offices of Forever Balboa Park (formerly the Balboa Park Conservancy) in San Diego, Carlsbad City Hall, homes, and offices. In 2022, supporters of his artwork donated $13,617 to the Ocean Conservancy, and in 2023 he had a two-month "Featured Artist" solo exhibit at the Carlsbad Senior Center, where he teaches painting classes and lectures on Impressionism.
Lecture Video Coming Soon!
"Claude Monet & the Age of Impressionism"
Carlsbad Senior Center & Streaming
Wednesday • October 30, 2024 • 3:00-4:30
YouTube Video will be Posted in Early December
Leigh Cohn will give an intimate lecture on Monet’s art and life. Plus, Leigh will talk about major events and figures that led to the rise of the Impressionist movement. Including colorful stories and more than 250 pictures, the lecture will include insights into Monet’s methods, professional ups-and-downs, personality, wives, children, and friendships, as well as his legacy as one of the greatest painters in the history of art.
[The event has been held and was applauded in person and online. An edited, YouTube version of this lecture will be posted in early December, 2024 on this homepage and at @LeighPaintings channel on YouTube.
New Blog Article and Video
Read the blog article, "I Sold My First Painting" which tells the story of a 12-foot commission based on Monet's "Green Reflections. Includes the painting process, why I made the sale, the price paid, and 3-minute video.
"Let's Paint Water Lilies" Class
This six-week class at the Carlsbad Senior Center is specifically for participants of my previous classes. (Sept 19 - Oct 31)
Here’s the inside story of how Impressionism began:
• The four painters who became close friends as students…
• Why 1,500 of Pissarro’s were destroyed
• How Renoir avoided a firing squad
• Manet was no Monet
• The love lives and personalities of the key figures
• Berthe Morisot was the first woman in the "anonymous society"
• A deceased painter had the idea for an exhibit
• Who Monet called "The greatest of us all"
… and much more!
