Recently, as there has been a general lifting of the pressure and constraint of the pandemic, I've expressed this feeling of freedom and exuberance in a series of paintings I call “Arena.” I am living and working from imagination in creating these circus-like scenes from my collection of horse figurines - so … Continue Reading ››
Category Archives: Artist Statements
Coming from a Time
I'm doing much more planning for my paintings now. I'm developing my methods and technique for making them more real, more based on truth, less interpreted and stylized. The paint quality is now more traditional, because that serves this end.
I will start with a detailed … Continue Reading ››
Atmosphere of Romance in Painting
I have been studying classical/academic figure painting since 1979 and have reached a point in my career at which I choose to utilize that skill and exercise my hard-won artistic freedom to do some experimentation as well as practice what I know how to do. I … Continue Reading ››
On Sketching
(excerpt from Southwest Magazine article on the art of sketching)
Linda Leslie:
I am inspired by the human figure found in contemplation, by beauty and the abstract design of life in a form of dance. I think about proportion, movement and feeling when sketching.
I generally sketch with graphite mechanical pencils in a journal. I enjoy charcoal … Continue Reading ››