For a long time, I have been intrigued by merry-go-round. The merry-go-round at Central Park especially fascinates me with its dynamic expressive horses. All the horses appear to be screaming. The images of the students...
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Lesley A. Powell’s Art Book: Interpretations
Get a sneak view of my book, Interpretations. This book is about my inspirations of my art and themes of my paintings. View of Pages To Purchase the Book
Come to our House – AMR Open Studio Tours 23
AMR Open Studio Tours 23 Come to our house July 28-30 11 AM - 5 PM! Alan Powell and Lesley A. Powell's house is full of creativity with rooms of their art and many art studios to support their artistic pursuits. Click here for more information. AMR Open Studio Tours...
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88TH ANNUAL NATIONAL JURIED ART EXHIBIT Cooperstown Art Association 22 Main St. JULY 7 - AUGUST 11 Opening July 7 5 - 7 PM
INTERPRETATIONS: Dances on a Surface
I have always been intrigued by the body as once a dancer, now a mover and as an artist. I started as a young girl making my own dances. My first dance teachers were about improvisation than molding into a more technical dancer. Modern dance offered a freedom to...
Upcoming Show at LongYear of My Work
Friday June 2 - Monday July 3, 2023 Opening reception Saturday, June 3, from 3 to 6pm Click on images for more information of my work.
Summer is a coming. Upcoming Shows.
I use to hate summers. As a dancer in the city, summers were always a struggle with income dropping due to people leaving the city. Since I started painting, I love summers as an opportunity to do plein air and be outside. ...
Plein Air at KUERNER FARM
Kuerner Farm is the farm where Andrew Wyeth did many of his paintings. This is my second time doing a plein air painting in oil. This is the first drafts of two painting that I started. [gallery columns="2" size="medium"...
Run. Jump A new series by Lesley A. Powell
From a wonderful model who is a dancer, my drawing easily captured her sense of movement. The second drawing is combining my favorite poses together on one page. I expanded the ideas of the drawings to larger work: one watercolor and the...
Run. Dance – A new series by Lesley A. Powell
This first drawing is from two minute poses layered on one piece of paper. Using this drawing as a reference, I expanded the ideas with color to larger work using oil.