LEIFTHOR IS A RETIRED MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND MERCHANT MARINE OFFICER AND CHARTER BOAT CAPTAIN.HE IS SELF-
TAUGHT AND CURRENTLY RESIDES IN THE COCHELLA VALLEY. HIS WORK CAN BE SEEN IN VARIOUS VENUES THROUGHOUT THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES, HAWAII, AND ASIA.
AS PAST AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY STAFF ARTIST, HE RECEIVED THE NATIONAL AWARD OF MERIT FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC PRODUCTION IN 1999. THE VICTORIAN SEAPORT CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND,WA COMISSIONED LEIFTHOR TO RESTORE
HISTORIC 'HALLER FOUNTAIN'. FOR HIS WORK HE RECEIVED AN AWARD FROM THE WASHINGTON STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
THE BISHOP MUSEUM AND THE HAWAII MARITIME SOCIETY, ON THE ISLAND OF OAHU, HAWAII, COMISSIONED LEIF TO RESTORE AND TO PAINT, IN FULL COLOR, THE FIGUREHEAD ON THE NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK TALL SHIP
'FALLS OF CLYDE'. THE MOANALUA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, ALSO ON OAHU, DISPLAYS A 6'X37' MURAL DEPICTING' HAWIIAN
HERITAGE' CREATED BY MR. KVAMMEN AND 45 'AT-RISK' STUDENTS.
LEIFTHOR HAS DONE OTHER WORKS THROUGH PRIVATE COMISSIONS AMONG PROMINANT FAMILIES AND IS AVAILABLE TO
CREATE FINE ART IN THE FORM OF PORTRAITS,MURALS,LANDSCAPES,SEASCAPES,AS WELL AS SOUTHWESTERN AND
VISIONARY ART, USING ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, PEN & INK, AND GRAPHITE ON BRISTOL BOARD.
