LELAND LEICHMAN

est. 1977

ARTIST OF FIGURATIVE DRAWINGS AND LARGE ABSTRACT PAINTINGS. I USE HIGHLY STRUCTURED THINGS LIKE OBSERVED OBJECTS OR GEOMETRIC GRIDS, AND CONTRAST THE STRUCTURE WITH RANDOM CHANCE, GESTURAL LINES, SMUDGES, DRIPS, ERASURES, DECAY, AND MISTAKES.

MY PROCESS IS ROOTED IN ART HISTORY AND OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING, WITH AND EMPHASIS ON BLIND DRAWING. IT INVOLVES AND REFERS TO: THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE MATERIALS I'M USING, GAMBLING, MATH, POETRY, COFFEE, SCIENCE, CHESS, GO, MEDITATION, MUSIC, SEQUENCING, WRITING, WALKING, DECAY, REPETITION, LOSS, REDEMPTION, OPTIMISM.

FOR YEARS I HAVE PARTIALLY SUBSIDIZED MY ART AS A WINDOW CLEANER, WHICH FITS PERFECTLY AS AN ARTIST BECAUSE I APPROACH EACH WINDOW AS A FRAME, JUST AS I DO WITH A CANVAS OR PIECE OF PAPER. EACH FRAME IS A SEQUENCE OF MOVEMENTS, COMPOSITION, POINTS OF ATTENTION, AND PROBLEMS TO SOLVE. HIRING ME TO CLEAN YOUR WINDOWS IS A WAY TO SUPPORT ME AS AN ARTIST. 

I DO PORTRAITS ON DONATION EVERY SATURDAY AT MY LOCAL MARKET (WESTSTADT HD), IT'S ANOTHER WAY FOR PEOPLE, OR YOU, TO SUPPORT ME AS AN ARTIST.

MY FAVORITE COLOR IS YELLOW, AND MY FAVORITE WAY TO BE SUPPORTED AS AN ARTIST IS WHEN SOMEONE BUYS MY WORK, ESP ONE OF MY BIG FAT EPIC PICTURES. 

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