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LEAH K. TOMAINO received her BFA from the Cooper Union, New York and her MA from William Paterson University, New Jersey, both with concentrations in painting. She has also studied abroad at The Studio Art School of the Aegean, Samos, Greece. Leah teaches painting to adults and children at Artworks Studio, through the Randolph Township Parks and Recreation Department, Randolph, NJ, as well as being an adjunct professor at the County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ. In addition, she has taught workshops at the Children’s Museum, SoHo, NY and has been a grant recipient from the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, New York, NY. Leah was a member of The Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY for ten years where she served as vice-president for three of those years. Her work has been widely exhibited throughout the tri-state area and is in many private and public collections
Tomaino\'s trees are grounding to one\'s soul. She is taken aback by the beauty and intangible qualities of trees: the various textures of their barks; the different spreads of their crowns; their amazing flowers and fruits and foliage; and most of all, their spectacular rejuvenation after what appears to be a most definite death in the bleakness of a cold, dark winter. In our largely urban society, the ability to appreciate trees has become dulled-the ability to see the wonder in a tree, the magic and the mystery, the indescribable peace and contentment that can fill one’s heart.Leah Tomaino tries to show this to the viewer with meditative slender roots that sprout out into the sky.
