Hi, my name is Leo Salazar. I was born in 1942 in New York City. At the age of thirteen, my art teacher in public school asked me to take an art proficiency test. I thought to myself, are you kidding? To my amazement, I passed and that began my involvement in art. At the School of Industrial Arts, I was exposed to many art disciplines: pencil, charcoal, and ink drawing, to watercolor and oil painting, sculpting, and photography. In 1960, I received the Youth Friends Association Medal in art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1970 I continued my fine art education at Mercer County Community College in NJ, then Trenton State College in NJ.

I feel the three artists that have influenced my work the most are William Cherry, a sculptor; Frank Rivera, a painter; and Mel Leipzig, and internationally known artist, all of whom I studied under. 

If I were to sum up my art in a statement today, it would be: "As the human condition evolves with every passing day, so will my art. Every occurrence in my life, every new technique I read about will change my art, maybe not swiftly, but most assuredly."

Leo Salazar
PO Box 264
Weston, VT 05161-0264
(802) 875-4373