Len Swec

I have painted for almost as long as I can remember. I became serious about my art in high school and began painting in oils at that time. In my late twenties, I began experimenting with acrylics, and switched exclusively to acrylics in my early thirties because they allowed greater flexibility to manage the time constraints of painting while maintaining a career in engineering and scientific software development. Upon my retirement at the end of 2012, I focused my full-time attention once again on my art.

Most of my early subjects were landscapes and seascapes, done in the style of realism. More recently, I have taken on a variety of other subjects, such as architecture and portraiture, while continuing to enjoy landscape and seascape compositions, particularly those from my imagination. I continue to experiment with new techniques and tools that confer the illusion of naturally occurring objects and phenomena. My work has appeared in many juried exhibitions and has won numerous awards. My paintings are also a part of many private collections.