LESLIE LIENAU

Leslie Lienau founded The Oklahoma Academy of Classical Art in 2011 where she taught drawing and painting to adults and teens. She sold the school in 2020 but continues to teach both group and private courses. Leslie studied academic drawing and painting under Ted Seth Jacobs at his school Ecole Albert DeFois in Central France. Other instructors who have influenced Leslie are Andrew Ameral, founder of  The Golden Gate Atelier, Anthony Ryder of The Ryder School in Santa Fe and Jacob Collins, founder of The Grand Central Academy in NYC. Leslie has received numerous awards for her pastel drawings and her work is in both private and public collections. She exhibited in a solo exhibition at the Governor’s Gallery at the Oklahoma Capitol, Oklahoma City, OK and was invited twice to show at the American Art in Miniature Show at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, OK. Leslie divides her time between Northern New Mexico and Edmond, OK.