Evidence of Life
Oil · 30 × 40 in
$28,000
A desert passage becomes a meditation on endurance, with every change in temperature and edge suggesting that the land is never truly still.
Prix de West
Len Chmiel
A searching, intuitive painter who expands the boundaries of realism through atmosphere, color, and closely felt experience.
Prix de West
“I used to try to control everything, but now I allow my intuition to speak.”
Len Chmiel approaches the landscape as a living structure rather than a fixed view. His paintings begin in observation and open into memory, intuition, and design.
His work has received major honors at the Masters of the American West, Prix de West, and the Coors Western Art Exhibit & Sale, including numerous artists’ choice awards.
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Solar Collectors
Oil · 22 × 33 in
$19,500
The stream and trees gather the afternoon light differently, creating a conversation between luminous color and quiet shadow.
Water Lilies
Oil · 30 × 30 in
$18,000
Reflections, leaves, and unopened blooms dissolve the boundary between surface and depth, turning a small pond into a field of abstract relationships.