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Artist Bio – Leslie K. Newman

Leslie (Lel) Newman was born in Berkeley, California and now lives and works in Indianola, Washington, a ferry ride away from Seattle. She brings a fresh approach to her expressive, abstract iPad paintings and modernist shape prints. Her experience as a designer and illustrator and many years of art study with expressive painter Barbara Fugate inform her work. In 2017 she completed an Instagram 100 day art challenge, creating and posting an original abstract daily. This experience was energizing and pushed her to reach new creative heights.

Artist Statement

Abstraction is my passion. I work intuitively, reacting to the shapes, colors, and marks to create modernist artwork that is fresh and evocative. I leave it to the viewer to dive in and discover their own mood and meaning.

I use and am inspired by, new media digital tools, platforms for global online sharing such as Instagram, and fine art digital printing. Some of my influences  include Matisse’s cut-outs, mid-century art and design, and the paintings of Richard Diebenkorn, Stuart Davis, and Willem de Kooning.

I look to Art to inspire, surprise, and bring forth a wave of feeling that reminds us of our wondrous existence. I feel it in my process of creating these works. I hope the viewers of my work share in this sense of wonder.

Shows & Exhibitions

Juried: 2020 CVG Show, Bremerton, WA, Jan-Feb 2020

Group: Wendy Armstrong Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA Dec 2019

Juried: Bainbridge Island Studio Winter Tour 2019

Juried: Art in the Woods Studio Tour, Indianola, WA, Nov 2019

Juried: Expressions Northwest, Northwind Art Center, Port Townsend, WA Aug 2019

Solo: Wendy Armstrong Gallery, Bainbridge Island, WA Feb-Mar 2019

Juried: Bainbridge Island Studio Winter Tour 2018

Solo: Fremont Saturn Building, Seattle, WA Aug-Sept 2018

Group: Modern Touch 2, Lynn Hansen Gallery, Seattle WA 2018

Group: Modern Touch, BallardWorks, Seattle, WA 2017

Group: Nine Hands Draw From Life, BallardWorks, Seattle, WA 2007

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I’m happy to announce ‘Waiting Dream’ has be I’m happy to announce ‘Waiting Dream’ has been accepted into the CVG Show 2021 by juror Michael D’Alessandro. Shown are 15.5 in x 15.5 and 7 x 7 in. limited edition prints, available online (link in bio)  Fundraiser! I’m donating 30% of proceeds from my art print sales during December to CAMFED and OneGoal  Funds will be split between CAMFED (Campaign for Female Education in Africa @camfed) and OneGoal – Helping close the college divide in the United States @onegoalgraduation. Both organizations transform lives and create long-term #progress through education. Both are winners of Nicholas Kristof’s annual Holiday Impact Prize @kristofimpact — Look up the @nickkristof NYTimes “Gifts that Change Lives” column. Get inspired!
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Fundraiser! ❤️ I’m donating 30% of proceeds Fundraiser! ❤️ I’m donating 30% of proceeds from my art print sales during December to organizations working toward a better tomorrow. (Boy don’t we all need that!) Shop online or schedule a safe 😷 studio visit. (link in bio) 
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** 30% to CAMFED and OneGoal
Funds will be split between CAMFED (Campaign for Female Education in Africa @camfed) and OneGoal – Helping close the college divide in the United States @onegoalgraduation. Both organizations transform lives and create long-term #progress through education. Both are winners of Nicholas Kristof’s annual Holiday Impact Prize @kristofimpact — Look up the @nickkristof NYTimes “Gifts that Change Lives” column. Get inspired! 🤓🌈🙏
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@bistudiotour #hopeandgratitude #artfundraiser #educationfundraiser #holidayfundraiser #artequalsfreedom #limitededitionprints #shopsmall #bainbridgeisland #shopkitsap #indianola  #Shapemaking #artfair #virtualartmarket #artforsale #artforinteriors #seattleartpost #waartists #shopbainbridge #midmodart #new_and_abstract #midcenturymodern #artstagram
Woot! This is headed to its forever home. 💃🏻 Woot! This is headed to its forever home. 💃🏻🔴
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@bistudiotour #limitededitionprint #limitededitionprintsforsale #100daysofshapemaking_lel #artforinteriors #midmodlove #midcenturymodern #artfundraiser link in bio
Pics from last year’s @bistudiotour This weekend Pics from last year’s @bistudiotour This weekend would have been the Bainbridge Island Winter Studio Tour. This year it’s virtual and running all month. While we’re not together on Bainbridge this weekend each artist is working to promote the tour and themselves online and however they can...
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My Indianola studio is open by appointment or shop online on my website. (Deets on my  link in bio)
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Checkout some of the tour artists:
@redstepstudio
@sandyhaight17
@fernstreetpottery
@mikebiskup
@artsandcraftspress
@twodogstudio
@melodylovesthis
sydnisterling.com
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Visit @bistudiotour new website to see all artists and gifts under $50 and $100.
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#shoplocal #supportyourlocalartists #shopsmall #bainbridgeisland #shopkitsap #indianola
#limitededitionprints #Shapemaking #artfair #virtualartmarket #artforsale #artforinteriors #seattleartpost #northwestisbest #waartists #shopbainbridge
🎉🥳 Winners! Congratulations to @vvaerae @pat 🎉🥳 Winners! Congratulations to @vvaerae @pattyklamser and @k.i.a.h.n.o.a !! – each will receive the 2020 Shapemaking Sampler mini-poster of their choice. I’ll DM to get your choice and shipping info.
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Not lucky this time? 😬 - The posters are available in my shop (link in bio). 13 x 19 in. / 33 x 48 cm —  printed and signed by yours truly. $35 plus shipping, PLUS 30% will be donated to charity through the end of 2020. Deets in my shop. 
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#artgiveaway deadline is tomorrow 1pm PST. Odds ar #artgiveaway deadline is tomorrow 1pm PST. Odds are in your favor. See my previous post for the easy peasy entry rules. 
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To sense the invisible and to be able to create it, that is art.

— Hans Hoffman

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