Jocelyn, 48×48 inches acrylic and house paint on stretched canvas by contemporary figurative artist Leslie Nolan
Black and blue make a powerful, engaging image when paired with white. Angular, feisty, unknowable, mysterious, Jocelyn embodies the mystery of life. She intrigues. Fascinates.
Little Guy 11, 10x10x2.5 inches acrylic on stretched canvas
Little Guy 8, 10x10x2.5 inches on stretched canvas
The studio is filled with exciting pieces, and to be interesting in any way, these must not conform to tireless formula or current fad, but rather convey the vast variety of emotions, difficulties and joys that we all go through every day. My “Little Guy” series avoids the formulaic pitfall by being entirely emotional. “Paint what you are, paint what you believe, paint what you feel,” as recommended by Ben Shahn, and an artist cannot go wrong—counsel which I continue to put into practice.
“I learn by going where I have to go.” — Theodore Roethke from his poem The Waking
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