Wyatt LeGrand
Selected Awards and Exhibitions
Best of Show, 2019 Indiana Plein Air Painters First Brush of Spring
Best of Show, 2018 Brown County Art Guild Plein Air Exhibit
First Place Award, 2018 Indiana Artists Club Annual Exhibit
Best of Show, 2017 Indiana Plein Air Painters First Brush of Spring
Merit Award, 2017 Indiana Heritage Arts Exhibition
Outstanding Cityscape, 2017 Hoosier Salon Annual Exhibit
Second Place Award, 2016 Indiana Heritage Arts Exhibition
First Place Award, 2016 Indiana Artists Club Annual Exhibit
Merit Award, 2016 Indiana Artists Club Member Exhibit
Outstanding Landscape, 2016 Hoosier Salon Annual Exhibit
Outstanding Figure, 2016 Hoosier Salon Annual Exhibit
Award of Excellence, 2015 Richmond Art Museum Annual Exhibit
1st Runner Up, 2015 Easels in Frederick Plein Air Competition
Paintings For Brittany, Solo Exhibit, 2015, The Venue Fine Arts Gallery
1st Runner Up, 2015 Easels in Frederick Quickdraw Competition
Honorable Mention, 2015 Oil Painters of America
Will Vawter Memorial Award, 2015 Indiana Heritage Arts Exhibition
Jury Prize of Distinction, 2015 Indiana Artists Club Annual Exhibit
Looking West, Solo Exhibit, 2015, Indianapolis Orchestra / Circle Theatre
Outstanding Scene, 2015 Hoosier Salon Annual Exhibit
Quick Draw Winner, 2012-2015 First Brush of Spring Plein Air Competition
1st Runner Up, Artist Choice Awards, 2014 Plein Air Aspen
Best Artist Under 30, 2014 Plein Air Magazine
Purchase Award, 2014 Richmond Art Museum’s Annual Exhibit
Perceptions, Solo Exhibit, 2014, Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center
T.C. Steele Memorial Award of Excellence, 2014 Indiana Heritage Arts Exhibition
Merit Award, 2014 First Brush of Spring Plein Air Competition
Artistic Excellence Award, 2014 Indiana Artists Club Annual Exhibit
Meet You at the Fair, Solo Exhibit, 2014, Plainfield Public Library
Finalist, 2013 Plein Air Magazine’s Annual Competition
1st place, 2013 Art on Wheels Exhibit, Indiana Art Sanctuary
Award of Excellence, 2013 Indiana Heritage Arts Exhibition
Award of Excellence, 2013 Richmond Art Museum’s Annual Exhibit
Paintings For My Grandmother, Solo Exhibit, 2013, Shawnee Theater
Best of Show, 2012 Minnetrista Open Space Exhibition
1st place, 2012 Indiana State Fair Oils/Acrylics Division
2nd place, 2012 Indiana State Fair Pastel Division
Back Home Again, Solo Exhibit, 2012, Bloomington City Hall
1st place, 2012 Artesian Juried Exhibition
1st Place Award, 2012 Will Vawter Annual Art Exhibition
Director’s Purchase Award, 2012 Indiana Heritage Arts Annual Exhibition
Award of Excellence, 2012 Indiana Heritage Arts Annual Exhibition
Starting Points, Solo Exhibit, 2012, Krempp Gallery of Jasper Arts Center
Purchase Award, 2012 Owensboro Museum of Fine Art Paintout
1st Place Award, 2012 T.C. Steele Festival of Flowers Paintout
IAC Board Recognition Award, 2011 Indiana Artists Club Annual Exhibit
First Runner Up, 2011 Art Sanctuary Annual Exhibit
Everything, Solo Exhibit, 2010, Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Cente
First place, 2010 First Brush of Spring
human response to the subject before me. I say let things be spontaneous… paint what interests you, paint what confuses you, paint anything you wish as long as you paint more quickly than slowly, as the moment won’t last forever.
Wyatt LeGrand is partly a painter from Bloomfield, Indiana. He currently works from his hometown studio and teaches grades 7-12 at Bloomfield Jr/Sr High School. While attending the same school as a student, Wyatt was acknowledged by the community for his skills as an artist. After graduating high school in 2005, Wyatt made the short journey to Indiana University, where he attained a degree in visual arts education four years later.
Edward Hopper said, “If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint,” and I agree completely, as my painting is a means of communicating all of those experiences and emotions beyond my verbal vocabulary. It is the act of painting, I believe, that is more artful than the artifact. The experience of making an image, whether it be a quick study or an attempt at a profound subject, always overshadows the final collection of marks. I find the most satisfaction in that experience of putting brush to canvas, letting the things I see before me flow from eye to heart to hand to brush. These actions, as they occur, bring with them a certain anxiety, excitement, and satisfaction that I cannot find elsewhere."
Wyatt created his very first painting as a college student in 2008. Shortly thereafter, Wyatt discovered plein air painting, had his first solo exhibition, and found good luck participating in several art competitions. In the summer of 2009, Wyatt returned to his hometown and opened LeGrand Art Studio and Gallery. Since his homecoming, Wyatt has dedicated himself to creating artwork in the place he grew up, sharing experiences with his students and members of the community.
"There’s nothing too complicated about what I do; I only try to pay attention to what I see. Whether it be the colors of a landscape, the shapes of an interior space, or the movement of a busy street, my painting reflects the need to preserve desirable aesthetic experiences and communicate my