LEONARD MIZEREK, nurtured his artistic love of nature while growing up in the Brandywine Valley. As a young boy, he often went painting along the Brandywine River, deriving inspiration from the countryside of nearby Pennsylvania. His early influence was with the Brandywine  School.

Leonard was awarded Artist in Residence at the Museum Yvonne Jean-Haffen in Dinan, France. He painted the area for a month and one painting was selected for the museum collection. He was featured on the cover of American Artist Magazine. He was invited as one of 23 nationally recognized contemporary marine artists to exhibit in a special three museum exhibition, which toured New England to the Newport Art Museum, the Maine Maritime Museum and Connecticut River Museum. In addition, he exhibited in the Coos Bay Museum of Fine Art and the Cape Museum of Fine Art.

Leonard was recently selected as one of 70 members of the prestigious Guild of Boston Artists and Fellow of The American Society of Marine Artists. He was awarded The "Ironman Award", the highest honor given by the Society as one of only 6, in Societies 30 yr. history. He is also Signature Artist Member of the New England Watercolor Society, Connecticut Watercolor Society, Northeast Watercolor Society and the International Society of Marine Painters. Leonard was elected to the New England Plein Air Painters. He resides in Westport, CT.

Past exhibitions have included: Several Featured Artist and One Man Shows. The American Society of Marine Artists Exhibitions at the Chase Center on the Riverfront , Wilmington, DE, the Delaware Art Museum, The Frye Museum of Art, Seattle, WA, The Mariner’s Museum, Norfolk, VA, The Cummer Museum, Jacksonville, FL, San Diego Maritime Museum, The Mystic Seaport Museum. He has exhibited in the Annual Mystic International since 1988 and the Annual Modern Marine Masters Exhibitions since 1995 at Mystic Seaport. Two exhibitions at the National Academy of Design in New York, Operation Sail, Boston, First Place in the Sea Heritage Marine Exhibition, The International Society of Marine Painters and numerous national exhibitions. He graduated with a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and studied at The New York Art Students League under nationally known artist, Nelson Shanks. He also studied at the National Academy of Design under internationally known artist, Raymond Kinstler.

Leonard was one of the 15 artists to paint at the Forbes Ranch in Colorado. His work is in Forbes permanent collection, American Yacht Club collection, Lexmark International, Bell Hellicopter, Encore Bank, Berwind and other corporate collections. Leonard was featured in Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine in Oct. 07 and May of 08. He is also featured in the book, Painting Ships, Shores, & the Sea, as well as, the book, Make Your Watercolors more Professional published by North Light Books. He was recently included in magazine articles in Maine Boats & Harbors, Marine Art Quarterly, American Artist Magazine, and Sea History Magazine. Also,