about.

Leanna Dayle (who previously signed as Leanna Taylor) is a self-taught portrait artist and custom framer based in Colorado. Raised in Oregon, she completed her undergrad at Portland State University before moving overseas. After volunteering for a year in southeast Africa and teaching English for a year in South Korea, she lived in Virginia for 6 years working in a custom frame shop. In 2026 she moved to Glenwood Springs, Colorado to purchase her own framing business.

Her artistic journey began in 2017 during her yearlong service trip to southeast Africa. Limited internet access and dependency on solar power created the need for a more traditional means of entertainment, and she began experimenting with the assorted paint and drawing supplies she had on hand. After initial practice drawing African wildlife, she transitioned to drawing her friends and neighbors. She has a great love for drawing eyes and the reflections they cast, for wrinkles and facial detail, and for the brightly colored headwraps that the women she met in Mozambique would wear.

More recently, her artistic inclination has migrated to winged wildlife. This new fascination has led to a mixed collection of fearsome black-and-white raptors, and sweet, colorful songbirds.

Leanna is a former studio artist at LibertyTown Arts Workshop in downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia. She has also displayed work in a number of galleries and shows in Virginia and beyond, winning several awards along the way. Currently you can find her work on the walls of her frame shop, Framing Expressions,

When she’s not drawing or framing, Leanna enjoys spending time outdoors with her two dogs, Ozzie and Finn, finding a new restaurant to try out, or unwinding with a new Netflix show. She is an avid cross-stitcher, and shares her stitchery work on Instagram at @leannamakesstuff.

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awards.

  • First Place - Carving Through the Dark

    Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts' "Time & Reflections", a National Juried Exhibition. September 2024

  • First Place - The Overseer

    LibertyTown Workshop's "The Great Outdoors", a National Juried Exhibition. July 2024

  • First Place - She'll See Us Through

    Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts' "Faces & Figures", a National Juried Exhibition. March 2024

  • Third Place - The Undertaker

    LibertyTown Workshop's "Monochromatic", a National Juried Exhibition. June 2023

FAQs

  • I accept a limited number of commissions throughout the year. I am particularly interested in expanding my wildlife portfolio, so if you have an idea of a particular animal or bird you’d like me to draw for you, please reach out.

  • I have a select number of originals and framed prints on display at Framing Expressions (51241 Hwy 6, #7, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601). The hours are 10-5 Tue-Fri and 10-2 Saturday.

  • If you see something in my portfolio that you’re interested in a print of, but I don’t have anything in my shop, please send me a message. Depending on the piece, I can likely do a print for you.