About LeBlanc

Growing up in Southeastern Louisiana, AnnMarie LeBlanc was exposed early on to a rich life of storytelling, a blending of cultures and languages, regional lore, and history. Her creative works are inspired by archetypal subjects, mythologies, and by what is perceived and what is beyond perception in the natural world. Having long questioned the misconception that abstraction and realism are opposites, LeBlanc’s works reside on a continuum between abstraction and realism. Her paintings are not simply abstract expressions, an outpouring of energy. Rather, they are seen and felt in a spirit of intuition, a thinning of the veil. 

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AnnMarie LeBlanc lives in Western North Carolina where she resides with her husband and two canine companions. Her move to the Blue Ridge Mountains came after a decision to step down from three decades as a university professor of art and design and various academic administrative appointments. She earned an MFA from Bowling Green State University, an MA from Purdue University, a BFA from Louisiana State University and completed post-graduate studies at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her areas of research include color theory and history of art and design. 

 

LeBlanc’s images have been featured in numerous national and international adjudicated exhibitions, solo exhibitions and are included in galleries, museums and private and corporate collections in the U.S. and abroad. Examples of recent exhibitions including her work are Awakening Earth, Chicago, Illinois; Moment, Tokyo, Japan; the Wales Contemporary, Pembrokeshire, England; and Fragments: Reflections on Memory, Solomons, Maryland. Recent publications featuring interviews and reproductions include Abstract Sanctuary, 2025 exhibition catalog, Portland Oregon; 101 Contemporary Artists, 4th edition hardcover text, Tbilisi, Georgia; and Carolina Home and Garden, Rearranging the Sky: Career Abstractionist Found a New Angle in the Mountains, Asheville, North Carolina.