painting | Leya Evelyn

Can you go home again

Home Again, no.7; 40" x 40";oil & collage on canvas I recently received a message on my website from someone who had purchased an older...

The Agony and the Ecstacy

The Cost of Living; oil & collage on canvas; 40" x 60" The business of art is both exciting (when it is going well) and a constant...

The landscape of making a mark

"Thanks for Telling Me"; 48" x 48"; oil & collage on canvas When it comes right down to it, everything can be said to be about how we...

I recently found a notebook of sketches I did way back in the early ‘70s. It was a big surprise for me to see how organized I was. I...

Done (or not)

Until today’s heavy rain, there were many large piles of snow around my house. Romeo liked to drop his ball in a drift, dig it out and...

Titled

"Titled"; 60" x 84"; oil & collage on canvas Every time I go into my local pet store to buy food for my dog, someone invariably comments...

How to talk to a painting

Someone asked me today what I think about when I am painting. I said "Nothing. I don't think about anything." Well, that is true and not...

The value of color

Not Pretty, no. 9; 30" x 40"; oil & collage on canvas I had a long conversation with another artist today about what value means. Not the...

Live Dolls

Denise Landriault, When Covid Is Over We Will Dance, at the Orange Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON. When I was very young I had a favorite book...

Greening

Once upon a time a long time ago, a gallery owner told me not to use green; it doesn’t sell. I’m on a green binge now. Green greens,...

Before the fun!

For the past few days I have been prepping canvases. I ordered twenty mostly large primed and stretched pieces. This is the not-fun part....

Hot pink. Why not.

So, I am venturing into the hot pink painting. I’ve been thinking about it for years. Talking about how much I like pink. The time has...

The colour of colour

When I was in what is now called Middle School, I remember my father telling me I couldn’t wear a certain color combination. It was,...

Because I do

Lately I have been thinking about intention: is the intention of my work mine or the painting’s intention. I cannot impose my intention...