Regine Legler

I paint what touches me most, usually something in my inner or outer world that moves me deeply. This not only brings me closer in touch with who I am and what I feel, but it also helps me process what I might not otherwise understand.

My artwork always has to do with feelings—my own as well as those evoked by the world around me. The images are sometimes portraits of an emotional mood that simply comes out of me when I sit down with a brush and canvas. At other times they may reveal intimate feelings such as those between a mother and child or could be forced by events in the outside world, such as the wars in Afghanistan or Iraq.
Bio

Regine Legler's formal education in fine art started at 17 Years of age when she enrolled at the “Staedelschule” in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. There she began a two-year study of figure drawing, portraiture, landscape and still life. Her tuition was under Walter Hergenhahn, a student of the renowned Max Beckmann. Later she underwent three years of intensive study in oil painting, acrylic and watercolor at the “ Freie Academie” in Mannheim, Germany.

In her early years, she drew and painted very unique scenes of dreams and emotional situations in a style called "fantastic realism." Then in 1994 her interest shifted more to wildlife and American Indian scenes. Today Legler's style has evolved from fantastic realism to a more realistic but highly unique technique, which creates a very personal and emotional mood.

Legler is a member of Women Painters West and Venice Art Forum, as well as WCA and has taught on the college level for many years. She has gallery and online representation at Lady Audrey’s Gallery in Connecticut and her work may also be viewed at Fine Art America.com. Her work has been published on the cover of Westside Magazine and she also produced illustrations for a book titled Snake Dance.