Inner/Outer @ Susan Calloway Fine Arts

Posted on July 27, 2015 by leslienolan2014

Washington, DC Artist Leslie Nolan’s
“Choose To Walk Here”
36″x36″x2 1/2″ acrylic on canvas

In focusing on figurative paintings, I have been hinting primarily at emotions largely hidden in real life. This theme involves depicting what is felt rather than what is seen. In this new work the subject has been caught in a private moment of personal awareness. He claims his space, but remains alert. There and not there.

Inner/Outer, the title for my upcoming exhibition at Susan Calloway Fine Arts in Washington, DC, will feature this painting. It exemplifies the tone of the show. While distinct, each canvas suggests a kind of chaos which has just occurred, which could occur, or which is occurring. The outer facade may appear calm and controlled, yet the inner reality seethes with passion – courage, tenacity, rage, confusion, vulnerability, etc. Is that what it means to be human?

Big Yellow Painting

Posted on July 10, 2015 by leslienolan2014

In the Studio of Leslie Nolan

Think this piece, 48″x48″, is finished. I like the mono-colored look and the horizontal strokes used for the background. Something different.

They say it takes two people to make an artwork: one to paint and the other to say when to stop. The process can be an interesting conundrum. It’s easy to constantly tweak, fix and improve, but the risk entails overworking an artwork to the point of weariness that was meant to be fresh and vital. Much better overall to try something new. Just go for it. Just own it.

More Corrected Visions

Posted on July 9, 2015 by leslienolan2014

Leslie M. Nolan’s work in the studio

Washington, DC Artist Leslie Nolan’s “Corrected Vision”

These new paintings are meant to complement Corrected Vision, now on exhibit through August 1 at McLean Project for the Arts (MPA) in its curated and juried exhibit “Strictly Painting.” Curated by senior curator for modern and contemporary art at The Phillips Collection.

If you miss the MPA show, some or all of these will be in my solo exhibit in September at Susan Calloway Fine Arts, Georgetown.

I like the idea of playing with an idea and carrying it further. Kind of like expressing a different tone or meaning of the same subject matter. For these paintings, the subject revolves around one idea: young or old, it’s easy to develop a blind spot. Maybe that’s called survival. Maybe denial.

McLean Project for the Arts

1234 Ingleside Avenue McLean VA 22101 phone 703.790.1953 http://www.mpaart.org

New for Upcoming Solo Shows

Posted on July 7, 2015 by leslienolan2014

Working on some new pieces for upcoming solo exhibits in September at Susan Calloway Fine Arts in Washington, DC’s Georgetown and at Delaplaine Arts Center in Frederick, MD. While still pondering on an appropriately ambiguous title for the Calloway exhibit, the title for Delaplaine is “Mixed Messages.” I think it apt, because we send out the message we want people to receive, yet our body language or tone can communicate a completely different message. The recipient must draw his or her own interpretation of those sometimes “mixed messages.”

In the final analysis, aren’t we all a little confused from time to time?

New Work By Washington, DC Artist Leslie Nolan

Something Different In the Studio of Leslie Nolan

‘Unfiltered’ at Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC

Posted on July 7, 2015 by leslienolan2014

Fabulous opening at Touchstone Gallery of my “Unfiltered” exhibit.

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