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.

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

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