Leah Merriman is a mixed media artist working out of St. Louis, Mo. Her body of work include sculpture, printmaking, paintings and illustrations in encaustics, acrylics, and ink. When she's not wrangling small children, she creates art. As of late, her work has gravitated more towards "mediums which dry fast" so that she can work quickly while being a mom. She makes her own beeswax encaustic paints and uses a hot palette, multiple irons, heat guns, blowtorch and various burns to achieve depth and layers in city and landscapes.
Merriman, an artist native to St. Louis, went to Webster Groves High School and received her B.A. from Webster University. She began apprenticing under St. Louis sculptor Rudolph Torrini during her high school years and into undergraduate school. She lives and creates in St. Louis, Missouri, with her husband, two kids, cats, dog, a small army of plants and one resilient bird.