{"id":860,"date":"2018-04-19T18:36:05","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T18:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lindaleslieart.com\/?p=860"},"modified":"2018-04-19T18:36:05","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T18:36:05","slug":"arttalk-with-linda-leslie-and-john-witham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lindaleslieart.com\/?p=860","title":{"rendered":"ART::TALK with Linda Leslie and John Witham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/265470879\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Romantic Narrative: the Contemporary Art of Linda Leslie<\/h2>\n<p>Join us in this video for an evening of art talk with painter Linda Leslie and writer &amp; filmmaker John Witham on the debut of their uniquely collaborative book &#8220;Romantic Narrative: The Contemporary Art of Linda Leslie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The conversation with these collaborators will be facilitated by Lisa Simon, co-owner of Radius Gallery, where Linda&#8217;s work can be seen.<br \/>\nYou can take an early peek at &#8220;Romantic Narrative&#8221; at both Fact &amp; Fiction and Radius Gallery.<\/p>\n<h2>Summary of Book<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_836\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-836\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lindaleslieart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rom-Nar_cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-836\" src=\"https:\/\/lindaleslieart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rom-Nar_cropped-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"romantic-narrative\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lindaleslieart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rom-Nar_cropped-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lindaleslieart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rom-Nar_cropped-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lindaleslieart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rom-Nar_cropped-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lindaleslieart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rom-Nar_cropped-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lindaleslieart.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Rom-Nar_cropped.jpg 1467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cover of book about Linda Leslie by John Witham<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Romantic Narrative: The Contemporary Art of Linda Leslie follows Missoula artist Linda Leslie\u2019s 40-year progress in developing her technique, motifs and distinctive style of painting. Her approach to realism is fluid, intuitive and thought provoking, resulting in works that are enigmatic and contemplative.<\/p>\n<p>Written by husband and creative collaborator, award-winning filmmaker John Witham, this book provides a context for the images of Leslie&#8217;s original art by tracing her background, thematic elements and landmarks in her work and life.<\/p>\n<p>This artistic, entrepreneurial couple now live and work in Missoula.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romantic Narrative: the Contemporary Art of Linda Leslie Join us in this video for an evening of art talk with painter Linda Leslie and writer &amp; filmmaker John Witham on the debut of their uniquely collaborative book &#8220;Romantic Narrative: The Contemporary Art of Linda Leslie.&#8221; The conversation with these collaborators will be facilitated by Lisa &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lindaleslieart.com\/?p=860\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ART::TALK with Linda Leslie and John Witham<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[34,33,41],"class_list":["post-860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-news","tag-art-books","tag-figurative-art","tag-fine-art","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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