Meet Artist, Al Leitch
Award winning artist Al Leitch paints beautiful landscapes, architecture, and birds. He studied engineering and business in college and spent most of his career as an accounting professor at several large universities. He started painting around 10years ago upon retiring from USC where he held an endowed professorship. While he paints in oil his medium of choice is pastel.
Award winner South Battery Street | Pastel 20” x 16”
Al’s work has been accepted into regional, national, and international exhibitions. He has earned awards at the Pastel Society of South Carolina, Aiken Artist Guild, Trenholm Artists Guild, and Crooked Creek Art League shows and exhibitions.
Dawn on Lake Murray | Pastel
Al has been active in the Colombia Art community serving as the workshop chair, Vice President, and President of the Cooked Creek Art League. He frequently participates in art festivals and markets around the state.
“We live in a beautiful world, and it is my desire to capture that beauty through my paintings.”
Dawn’s Early Light | Paste
ARTIST STATEMENT
I enjoy painting the majesty of His creation, whether its natural or created through humankind. We live in a beautiful world; and it is my desire to capture that beauty through my paintings. I am motivated to paint by the aura of a scene. Examples may be a misty morning, an awesome sunset, great architecture, a beautiful marsh, mysterious woodlands, thundering waterfalls, or elegance of our feathered friends. My overall goal for those who see or purchase my paintings or prints to enjoy them.
Fresh Catch | Oil on canvas 20” x 16”
To learn more about Al’s art go to AlLeitchArt.com or see some of his art at Palmetto Fine Arts in Chapin, Custom Framer in Lexington, or Camden Art Shoppes.
