Coronodiaries 3 is a collage piece done in the midst of the pandemic, capturing the conflicting emotions of beauty in nature and despair of loss. The size of the piece is ___, and I used a combination of collage and oil medium to bring this piece to life. The process...
Red Thoughts and Umbrellas is a collage made with oil paint, featuring a powerful depiction of the umbrella movement. The artwork is 30 x 24 in size and captures the essence of using umbrellas for defense against pepper spray. The process of creating this piece...
My artwork, “Kickin Out" is a powerful depiction of a riot scene, featuring white men with baseball hats, Kyle Rittenhouse, and a man kicking away Kyle's gun. It confronts the issue of unlawful vigilantism in our society. Stay tuned for more information about my...
Lesley A. Powell’s art show, Interpretations, opens at Longyear Gallery April 27 - May 26, 2024. The opening is Saturday, April 28, 3 - 5 PM. Longyear Gallery is located at Downstairs at The Commons, 785 Main Street Margaretville, N.Y. 12455 When you walk into...
"Night Falls," my latest artwork that will be showcased at Longyear Gallery. This piece and a pastel drawing combines elements of horses from a carousel in Central Park and images of Chinese students protesting their lack of job opportunities after graduating from...
I ride my bike behind the town of Fleischmanns, New York on the back roads. Each season brings its own drama and color. From photos from my iPhone, I go back to my art studio and create studies. With my more successful drawings, I expand the idea to a larger oil...
My sister in law and I go to Brandywine farm where Andrew Wyeth painted. From the plein air paintings, I go back in the art studio to expand the ideas. I am interested in abstract expression of the landscape.
At the Arts Students League’s short poses class, I sit at the edge of the room. This is where I can see both models at the same time. Drawing them together creates an unconscious dialog. The juxtaposing of the models in different poses brings its own expression....
From a sketch working with live models I am painting to take the drawing to a different place. It is hard to attempt to move out of my comfort zone. I’m trying to be looser with the paint and the look of the entire page.
This fall I have been going to the Art Students League to draw with live models in short poses. They have two models so I have been drawing them both together. As a dancer and choreographer, I was always fascinated about the unconscious stories created with bodies...