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Leona Ottenheimer
The Art Room
177 Water Street
St. John's, NL
A1C 1B1

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Leona's studio, "The Art Room" is located in the oldest city in North America; St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Drawing and painting have always been exciting and challenging to Leona.  She grew up the eldest of nine children, born in the small coastal community of Long Harbour, Placentia Bay.  Although no formal training was available to her in grade school, she was greatly inspired by the example of her mother, who was at the time an emerging artist. Leona enrolled in the Commercial Art course at the College of Trades & Technology in St. John's.  She later studied Graphic Design at Lawrence College & completed a number of Visual Arts Courses at the University of Windsor, in Ontario.  Part of her continuing studies included numerous art classes and workshops, many of which she helped to arrange and co-ordinate, with instructors from all across Canada, including:

• Gerry Squires
• Scott Goudie
• Michael Whitelaw
• Lloyd Pretty

• Ed Roche
• Di Dabinett
• Gord McKenzie
• Barb Dorey

• Henry Vyfynkle
• Edwin Matthews
• Mary Nunn

Leona has to her credit a number of awards including the first place winner in the senior division of the Arts & Letters Competition (1997) sponsored by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, the highest achievement award, Lawrence College (1992) and the Ed Roche Best Artist Award (1990).

Image size: 10" x 12"
Media: Pastel
Price (unframed): $325.00
 

Eminent Storm on the Horizon

Image size: 14" x 22"
Media: Pastel
Price (unframed): $575.00
 

Upon This Rock



Image size: 11.5" x 14"
Media:Water Color
Price (unframed): $350.00
 

Image size: 10.5" x 14"
Media:Water Color
Price (unframed): $350.00
 

Image size:  8.5" x 11.5"
Media: Water Color
Price (unframed): $300.00
 

Image size: 10.5" x 14"
Media:Water Color
Price (unframed): $350.00
 

Image size: 7'' Diameter
Media:Water Color
Price (unframed):$200.00
 

Image size: 11" x 14"
Media:Water Color
Price (unframed):$350.00
 

Image size: 7.5" x 10"
Matted Price:$35.00
Unmatted Price: $15.00
Framed Price: $90.00
 

Image size: 7.5" x 10"
Matted Price: $35.00
Unmatted Price: $15.00
Framed Price: $90.00
 

Image size:  7.5" x 10"
Matted Price: $35.00
Unmatted Price: $15.00
Framed Price: $90.00
 

Image size: 7.5" x 10"
Matted Price:$35.00
Unmatted Price:$15.00
Framed Price: $90.00
 

Image size: 7.5" x 10"
Matted Price:$35.00
Unmatted Price: $15.00
Framed Price: $90.00
 

Image size:  7.5" x 10"
Matted Price: $35.00
Unmatted Price:$15.00
Framed Price: $90.00
 

Image size: 17" x 23.5"
Unframed Price: $100.00
Framed Price:  $225.00
 

St. Augustine's School, located on Waterford Bridge Road in St. John's had it's official opening and dedication services on Feb 1, 1944. After it's many years of service it closed its doors in June 2000.

Image size: 10.5" x 20.5"
Unframed Price: $100.00
Framed Price: $215.00
 

Part of the preparatory work for the fishing season was the repairs to equipment. Mending nets was just one of these chores. Whether carried out alone or in the company of other fishermen, this was often a leisurely time of contemplation and remembrance.

Image size: 14" x 22"
Unframed Price: $100.00
Framed Price:  $225.00
 

The BIS was one of Newfoundland's first charitable organizations. The association was non sectarian and the only qualifications for membership involved having close family ties to Ireland. The building is located on Queen's Road on the side of a hill overlooking St. John's. The society became a powerful force for positive change by establishing, among other things, an orphan asylum, sponsoring the establishment in St. John's of the Irish Christian Brothers & housing one of the first North American theatres to show the new silent films. With the arrival of the Knights of Columbus, however the influence of the BIS began to wane and in 1998 it was sold to private developers. The society itself moved into smaller premises.

Image size: 10" x 22"
Unframed Price: $100.00
Framed Price: $215.00
 

This is a typical scene in outport Newfoundland after the fishing season has drawn to a close. The boats are hauled up for a well deserved rest. Repairs are made to the boats and equipment during the fall and winter seasons. With a renewed energy in spring, the sights and sounds of the boats could be heard as they, once again, headed out to the fishing grounds.

Image size: 16" x 22"
Unframed Price: $100.00
Framed Price: $245.00
 

Kimberly Row, as the street is named, contains a strip of three houses built on a hill in the centre of North America's oldest city, St. John's, NL. The city is well known for its colorful houses and hilly landscape. These three old houses are a reminder of our past as they stand clinging together on the edge of the world, weathering all the storms of life and climate.

Image size: 18" x 23.5"
Unframed Price: $120.00
Framed Price: $255.00
 

The sheds, the wood piles and the catamaran are all typical sights of life around the bays and coves of Newfoundland. One of the necessities of life in our harsh climate involved the gathering of wood as fuel to heat our homes. In winter, the wood was cut down and carried home on a horse drawn sleigh, called a catamaran. The logs were cut and stored in neat piles for future use.

Leona is a phenomenal Portraits artist and will gladly accept request. 

 A few weeks are required for delivery.

Portraits are done in chalk pastel, which is basically a pure pigment with very little binder added. These paintings do not yellow or crack and if framed properly under glass, to prevent smudging, will last indefinitely without signs of aging.  Leona will paint portraits from photographs. The size of a head and shoulders portrait painted on canson paper is approximately 16" x 20" and cost $400.00 unframed.  Postage & handling costs extra.

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