About the Artist

There is an intimacy and honesty about the subjects oil painter Len Chmiel chooses as each painting is an expression of himself.  He explains that he has a pretty good idea of who he is at this point in his life.  “I used to try to control everything but now I allow my intuition to speak.  My intention is to expand the boundaries of realism rather than merely painting a facsimile.” -Len Chmiel

AWARDS

John Gerahgty Award for Advancement of Contemporary Western Art” -2022 

 Masters of the American West Invitational Show and Sale,  The Autry Museum

Artists Choice Awards -Six

Masters of the American West Invitational Show and Sale,  The Autry Museum

James R. Parks Purchase Award -2002

Masters of the American West Invitational Show and Sale,  The Autry Museum

Wilson Hurley Awards for Outstanding Landscape -Two

Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale / National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum

Robert Lougheed Memorial Artist’s Choice Award  -2018

Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale / NationalCowboy and Western Heritage Museum

Best of Show Awards -Two

The Coors Western Art Exhibit and Sale

Artist Choice Awards -Three

The Coors Western Art Exhibit and Sale