Lee Copen Artwork on exhibit at OzSBI

West Plains Council on the Arts and OzSBI, located at 408 Washington Avenue, West Plains, will sponsor an exhibition of artwork by Lee Copen, from July to September. A meet-the-artist reception is scheduled for September 3 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at OzSBI.

 

Growing up in South Africa and Chile, Lee was always an artist. She spent her High School and College years in Colorado, where she excelled in art and earned a degree in Fine Art from the University of Northern Colorado. She worked as a graphic artist and architectural illustrator before going back to school to become a certified teacher. Living on a small farm in the Ozarks she taught art at the local high school for 22 years, while raising her family. Through all these years she continued to paint and draw.  Now retired Lee gets to combine her love for painting and the outdoors, as a plein air painter. Whether on location or in the studio, her light and color filled paintings reflect her love for the land and realistic landscape painting. Working in both watercolor and oil paint, she has received many awards and honors. She is also known for her color pencil drawings of birds. Her art can be viewed on her website and numerous regional galleries.

 

The exhibit is co-sponsored by the West Plains Council on the Arts, with partial funding provided by the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.