About the Artist
Contact the artist at karl@keleitzel.com Phone: 814-422-8461
 I was born in 1957, and have lived most of my life in central Pennsylvania. I've been painting since my teen years, concentrating at various times on rural landscapes, historic barns, and wildlife. Sign painting has also been a parttime profession for many years and I currently work for Penn State World Campus as a graphic designer. My family lives in a house we designed at the foot of a mountain in Centre County, Pennsylvania.
After a period of intensely concentrating on painting wildlife during the early and mid 1990's, I needed to recharge my artistic energy and did very little painting until late 2005. I'm now back at the easel, with a renewed passion for creative work and a focus on capturing light and mood through the use of oils and, as appropriate, a looser style. When possible, I prefer to paint en plein air (in the open air).
2006 brought several new show and gallery opportunities, including two awards, a number of organization commissions, and the successful launching of Landscape Artists International.
2007 ended up being a very good year for career-building and sales, and I'm now getting close to leaving my day job behind and devoting myself to full time fine art. This will obviously allow me do paint more, and will also give me the time to pursue many more related opportunities.
Painting at Niagara Falls, Canada, during the IPAP 2006 World Wide Paint Out.
(Photo by Charles Vandersluys)
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Sculpted bust of the artist by
Rebekah Leitzel, the artist's daughter.
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Resumé
- 1974 Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts
- 1993, 1994 Southern Maryland Wildlife Festival
- 1993-1998 People's Choice Festival of Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts Boalsburg. Helped create the first festival in 1993. My wife, Linda, actually came up with the name for the festival.
- 1994 Birds in Art (juried), Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Wausau, Wisconsin
- 1995 Six paintings featured in Wildlife Painting Step by Step by Patrick Seslar, publ. by North Light Books
- 1995-1996 (3) Stories and illustrations published in Pennsylvania Game News magazine
- 1995 and 1996 Taught painting and photography to Elderhostel groups at Spruce Lake Retreat Center Canadensis, Pennsylvania
- 2006 Taught basic landscape painting to Navajo teens and adults at Navajo BIC Mission's Vacation Bible School, New Mexico
- 2006 Juried acceptance into Oil Painters of America as an associate artist member
- 2007 Juried into American Impressionist Society Annual National Show
- 2007 Co-hosted first venue of World Tour of Contemporary Landscape Artists at Karpeles Museum, Newburgh, New York
- 2008 "Bonded by Brotherhood" Full-page article in Centre Daily Times, State College, Pennsylvania see article (500K jpeg)
Awards–
- 2006 The Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania Juried Show, Lemont, PA: Third in Show
- 2006 International Plein Air Painters (IPAP) World Wide Paint Out, Niagara Falls, Ontario: Third in Quick Draw Contest
- 2008 The Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania Juried Show, Lemont, PA: Honorable Mention
Corporate Collections –
Professional Organizations –
Conservation Organizations supported –
- The Wildlands Conservancy Emmaus, Pennsylvania 1995, 1996, 2006, 2007
- Shaver's Creek Environmental Center The Pennsylvania State University 1993
- Lemont Village Association Lemont, Pennsylvania 2006
- Clearwater Conservancy State College, Pennsylvania 2008
Discussion Group
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Art For Patronage
Interested in the possible barter of art for lodging or other mutually beneficial arrangements? Take a look at the ideas on this site and then find my listing.
Clouds– an essay by the artist
Journal– check for latest entries
Music is another creative outlet.
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We designed and built our house in
the woods in 1999, after living in a small
cabin in the same clearing for 13 years.
The cabin (not shown) is now my studio.
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