I don't know if I'm an impressionist or an expressionist. You can call me an American first... I've been labeled doing neimanism, so that's what it is, I guess.
LeRoy NeimanI have always said to young artists that scholastic training and the studying of art history are crucial to fully developing as an artist.
LeRoy NeimanEating is one of the great beauties in life. One of my favorite recreations... eating with friends, the service, the ambience.
LeRoy NeimanIt's a nice feeling to go out in the world and look for excellence - the best in man. My subject is very valid. It's about people, and about life.
LeRoy NeimanIt has been difficult to hold onto many paintings but I have retained a few. Possibly the current favorite is titled 'Big Band' completed in 2005. It measures 13 feet x 9 feet. It has 18 nearly life size recognizable portraits of the biggest jazz stars that I knew and saw perform in the 1950s, '60s, '70s, '80s and includes Wynton Marsalis.
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