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| Southern California hills. Avacado groves in the distance. |
Friday, November 7th Todd traveled to avacado country, Temecula, to visit the home and studio of artist
Leslie A. Brown for inclusion in the
CCMA print exhibition, "Under Pressure" slated for summer 2015. Todd went to see Leslie's work and discuss what they would like to include. Leslie's work is mainly figurative and focuses on the the female figure as a mythical construct placed in contemporary settings surrounded by images and places that represent our modern world. The Greek goddess Aphrodite is one of her favorite figures, often emersed in water to symbolize her origin story. Leslie is currently mixing digital prints with traditional monotype techniques, Pronto lithographic plates and gesso transfers creating a series of portraits of women.
“My work has evolved to be purely figurative in nature. Years of
study has delivered me to a place where the work has become completely
intuitive. Nothing is pre- planned and the large pieces especially,
develop in process, usually beginning from vision during a meditative
state or dreams. I have been called “a mystic” in my approach to
artmaking and I feel as though I am in some way a vehicle for expression
of the unconscious or at the very least a voice for something much
larger than my ego.” Leslie A. Brown
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| Leslie breaks out the prints. Can't wait to show them. |
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| Leslie uses drawings and original photographs to build her images. The graffiti in the background is taken from a wall in Mexico. |
