LEANNE FINK creates representational art that is joyful and uplifting, weaving the threads of beauty and healing into paintings that connect us with the natural world. Her landscapes are sincere and straight forward. They merge the ephemeral with the eternal.

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​The opalescent look Leanne achieves in her oil and cold wax paintings is an important part of her process, enabling the viewer to better understand how the artist sees the world. Like a royal symphony, her color palette bursts with richly saturated jewel tones held up by softly muted hues and neutrals.

THE ARTIST STATES, "I will not be a name that rolls off the tongues of historians. I am a cog in the wheel of creative individuals worldwide. Other creatives may dance with injustice, parry with war or poverty but I choose a positive viewpoint. And that is to elevate the regal beauty of the land, sea and sky.  

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"I believe that nature is a liaison to a higher authority, forgiving our shortcomings and enveloping us in their healing presence. My wish is that what I create will uplift those who view it. By serving as an oasis for reflection on our interactions with the natural world, we may also become more protective of it."​

THE ARTIST'S WORK has been selected by the US Department of State's Art in Embassies Program for the Amman Exhibit, US Embassy-Jordan (2021-2023), and the US Mission to the United Nations-NYC (2025-2028). Leanne has exhibited her art at The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley - Winchester, Virginia (2024-2025) and will be returning to MSV for a solo show in 2027. Further, her paintings are in the permanent collection of Inova Schar Cancer Institute - Lansdowne, Virginia, and in corporate and private collections in the US. Leanne has received national and regional awards of excellence for her work and participates regularly in juried exhibits throughout the DMV.

IN THE FABRIC OF LIFE, many threads are woven. Art has been a way of life and a family tradition since early childhood. Leanne grew up in New Jersey. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Seton Hall University and pursued a commercial career as an art director. She began her own ad agency in the New York metropolitan area. Later, she earned a Doctorate in Chiropractic from Life University. Never relinquishing her hold on the thread of art, Leanne was in private practice in the Washington, DC region with her husband for two decades. During that time she pursued portrait commissions. Upon retiring from chiropractic, her life came full circle. She considers her return to oil painting a gift to be treasured every day. The artist lives and works in Hamilton, Virginia.​​​