About Wendy Leedy
Raised a city girl in Chattanooga, Tn., Wendy was always interested in art and horses. She graduated from Brainerd High School with honors, The University of Tennessee with a degree in commercial art, and was the only one in her graduating class to have an art position upon graduating. It was her interest with art and horses that opened doors for her. She served as art director for The Voice of the Tennessee Walking Horse magazine.
Wendy moved to Bean Station, Tn. in the 1970's, where she raised her children Taver and Sarah, and continued to draw, adding buildings and old home-places to her portfolio. She has more than sixty published calenders to her credit and has had her drawings published in East Tennessee Life Magazine, The American Horse Woman Magazine, and been featured in East Tennessee Women's Magazine, and Knoxville the Center of Innovation tourist book. In the last few years she has illustrated two books, Santa's Journey, I'll Always be a Cowboy, and the cover for The Valley of the Winds. She has won many awards for her art work, and in the summer of 2010 she juried into an exhibit at The Booth Western Art Museum with her pastel drawing Bit by Bit and since then she has exhibited four more pieces.
She has served as Executive Director of the Arts Council for Hamblen County, Tn. and is a past president of the Morristown Art Association, and was included in the 1980 edition of Outstanding Young Women of America for her work with her church, 4-H, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and her involvement with women's organizations. She is currently a member of ARTs (Artisans of Rural Tennessee), The Morristown Art Association, The Booth Western Art Museum, and Booth Artists Guild.
Wendy has owned and operated The Frame House on her farm in Bean Station, Tn. since 1980 and has earned the prestigious CPF (Certified Professional Framer) ranking in her field. In addition to her picture framing and art career, she has taught drawing classes since 1984 at Rose Center, Morristown, Tn. and keeps busy filling commissioned orders.
Her enthusiasm for life and encouragement of others is reflected in her classes, her art work, and through her picture framing. Wendy has found her special place in life and thanks God for every minute of it.
Wendy moved to Bean Station, Tn. in the 1970's, where she raised her children Taver and Sarah, and continued to draw, adding buildings and old home-places to her portfolio. She has more than sixty published calenders to her credit and has had her drawings published in East Tennessee Life Magazine, The American Horse Woman Magazine, and been featured in East Tennessee Women's Magazine, and Knoxville the Center of Innovation tourist book. In the last few years she has illustrated two books, Santa's Journey, I'll Always be a Cowboy, and the cover for The Valley of the Winds. She has won many awards for her art work, and in the summer of 2010 she juried into an exhibit at The Booth Western Art Museum with her pastel drawing Bit by Bit and since then she has exhibited four more pieces.
She has served as Executive Director of the Arts Council for Hamblen County, Tn. and is a past president of the Morristown Art Association, and was included in the 1980 edition of Outstanding Young Women of America for her work with her church, 4-H, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and her involvement with women's organizations. She is currently a member of ARTs (Artisans of Rural Tennessee), The Morristown Art Association, The Booth Western Art Museum, and Booth Artists Guild.
Wendy has owned and operated The Frame House on her farm in Bean Station, Tn. since 1980 and has earned the prestigious CPF (Certified Professional Framer) ranking in her field. In addition to her picture framing and art career, she has taught drawing classes since 1984 at Rose Center, Morristown, Tn. and keeps busy filling commissioned orders.
Her enthusiasm for life and encouragement of others is reflected in her classes, her art work, and through her picture framing. Wendy has found her special place in life and thanks God for every minute of it.