“The crimson faced sunflower isn’t as common in Kansas as is the yellow sunflower, but I find them inspiring with their brilliant reds set off with their green foliage. Inspiration comes from many sources …Delphos, Kansas, being the background for this piece …”

Educated at Fort Hays State University in Kansas, Michelle Leivan has been distinguished as the featured visual artist at the Kansas River Valley Art Fair, the Topeka (Kansas) Jazz Festival, and has been nominated for the Kansas Governor’s Artist Award. Leivan has been subject of one person shows and exhibitions at the Manhattan, Kansas Arts Center; The Art Council of Topeka; True Art Gallery; and the Topeka Performing Arts Center. She has also exhibited in several juried competitions on the internet and in Soho, New York City. Her work is represented in the Ellis, Kansas, County Historical Archives as well as in several corporate and private collections.

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