Larry Lee Tinsley

A native Clevelander, Larry Lee Tinsley is a fine artist with a graphic art background. One of Tinsley’s early achievements as a young portrait artist was being welcomed into the family of the Malcolm Brown Art Gallery, Shaker Heights OH. His experiences working in Las Vegas NV as a caricature artist for MGM Grand during the National Pepsi-Cola Convention and as a portrait artist for Circus Circus were some of his most memorable.
Over the years Tinsley has been able to master multiple disciplines of art utilizing a wide variety of mediums. Primarily a fine artist, he is able to transpose all objects or scenes he sees or visualizes in his mind using any media, onto paper or canvas, in clay, or on the computer. Tinsley is also able to reproduce many of the renaissance masters’ works with unbelievable accuracy. Although he loves dabbling in all forms of art, acrylic is his favorite medium and he most enjoys the art of surrealism. Well-known people Tinsley has presented his artworks include Jeanette Bradley, former Attorney General of the State of Ohio; Reverend Emmanuel Branch of Antioch Baptist Church, Cleveland OH; Don King, Stevie Wonder, and George Clinton, Mary J. Blige, Russell Simmons and Nancy Wilson. Tinsley has co...

Tinsley attended John F. Kennedy High School and graduated with honors from the Art Institute of Pittsburg with a degree in Visual Communications. He also obtained art training at the Learning Tree University Los Angeles and in Cleveland at the Cooper School of Art, the Willoughby School of Fine Arts, and Cuyahoga Community College, where he was an assistant professor of fine art. Tinsley has been sought after by a number of institutions and private clients for his teaching ability.

Malcolm Brown Art Gallery, Shaker Heights OH
Lakeshore Cultural Center, Euclid OH
Karamu House Theater, Cleveland OH
Images Fine Arts Gallery, Pittsburg PA
The Art Palace Gallery, Cleveland OH
Snickerfritz Art Gallery, Cleveland OH
Artistic by Design, Euclid OH