Paul Dorrell is a novelist who also happens to be a gallery owner and art consultant. He founded Leopold Gallery in 1991 simply "to have a decent joint in which to write." Prior to that, he worked as Director's Assistant at the Hill-Stead Museum of French Impressionism in Farmington, CT.
As an art consultant, Dorrell oversaw the commissioning of all works for the new H&R Block World Headquarters. He has also served as consultant for the National D-Day Memorial in Virginia; the University of Kansas Hospital; DLR Group Architecture in Chicago; TVS Architecture in Atlanta; the Mayo Clinic; the City of Hartford, Connecticut; G.E. Aircraft Engines in Cincinnati; and scores of private, civic and corporate collectors. He consulted on a monument of Dwight D. Eisenhower for the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, and was the art consultant for the 2007 inauguration of Governor Kathleen Sebelius.
Although Dorrell has written four novels and one screenplay, his first published work was nonfiction: Living the Artist's Life. This guidebook for artists has received national acclaim, and earned Dorrell a column in The Artist's Magazine. It also took him on a tour of 60 cities, where he won praise for his talks at venues such as The Art Students League of New York, Book Passage, Square Books, and dozens of Barnes & Noble and Borders bookstores. He has been interviewed on some 35 Public Radio stations, and in the Associated Press.
Reared in Kansas City and educated at the University of Kansas, Dorrell has spent years roaming America by motorcycle, riding through every contiguous state. He has lived in Alaska, New York, California, Italy, Spain, and England. He currently lives with his wife and two sons in Kansas City, where Leopold Gallery is based.
