Washington DC Artist Leslie Nolan Exhibits at WPA Auction Gala
7 Curators +100+ Artists
Saturday, April 9, 2016, 7-11 pm
1333 H Street NW, Washington DC – three blocks from the White House
Cocktails, dinner, curated silent auction, dance party
Fancifully irreverent attire
For tickets, artist & curator info, and more visit http://www.wpadc.org, or contact Nathalie von Veh at nvonveh@wpadc.org
https://www.wpadc.org/about/people/leslie-nolan
Leslie Nolan, Washington, DC Artist, Working In the Studio
The Washington Project of the Arts Auction Gala is coming up Saturday, April 9, 2016, 7-11 pm. Am thrilled to be one of the featured artists displaying a painting selected by WPA Board Member Rod Von Lipsey. Tickets for this special Washington, DC event can be purchased on the WPA website. In the interim, the link above features a Q and A with yours truly.
Check out Face To Face: Portraits By Leslie Nolan and Scott Hutchison on exhibit now through April 17, 2016 at the Invitational Gallery, The Mansion at Strathmore, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, MD 20852.
My portraits are not meant to be a technical likeness of a particular person, but to depict what is felt rather than what is seen. Because I spent another career keeping secrets in my work abroad, my current interest is to express in painting universal feelings which remain largely hidden in real life. Many of us cloak ourselves behind a veneer of success and confidence despite situations in our lives which wreak havoc with our emotions. In these artworks, we peek into the subjects’ inner worlds as economic, political and social realities swirl around them.
Washington DC Artist Leslie M. Nolan
Eight figurative paintings of mine are now featured at Strathmore in this exciting two-artist show. On exhibit through mid-April, “Face to Face” coincides with the delightful Japanese-inspired exhibit of kimonos, prints & textiles titled “Timeless Transformation,” part of the 2016 National Cherry Blossom Festival. Many thanks to curator Harriet Lesser and Gallery Visual Arts Coordinator Gabrielle Tillenburg for their support and expertise.
5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 301.581.5146 strathmore.org
Feb 27 – April 17, 2016 Opening Reception Sunday Feb 28, 2 pm
Backward in Time by Leslie M. Nolan
Dis Six by Washington, DC Contemporary Artist Leslie Nolan
Great news — My artwork will be heading to the Big Apple in April. Yes, New York City for the huge show Art Expo with Gallery NK. More on this exciting event as we get closer to spring.
Right now I’m getting used to the new studio space. There is nothing like a pristine clean space and an untouched white canvas to give an artist pause. It’s somewhat of a daunting prospect. New tarp on the floor, fresh plastic protecting recently drywalled areas, and the painting table formerly used to hold the computer is unmarked, too. I started slowly with a small painting for a show this May for The Arts Club of Washington, and that allowed me to go farther and really christen the studio this week with spilled and dripped paint from a larger canvas. The upshot — all feels back to normal and congenial to mark-making.
Last month my studio experienced the dreaded “water damage,” resulting in the loss of lots of older artwork, ruined walls and equipment, and finally a month long rehabilitation/reconstruction project. During this time, of course, no new artwork could be done.
Now, however, like a phoenix this studio has been transformed into an efficient, spacious workplace. Forced to clean out billiard and ping pong tables, hiking/camping gear, canoe, skis, etc., I ultimately found breathing and thinking room.
So, while I don’t recommend water as a method of renewal, in this case the damage spurred some much needed change. Every once in a while clearing out the space one uses for inspiration can prove stimulating to creativity.
Below, some after photographs and one image of the space in a state of massive confusion while fresh wallboard replaces the water-logged stuff. I am definitely now ready to start some new art pieces!
SPECTRUM Miami Art Show with Gallery NK
WHEN December 2-6, 2015
LOCATION 1700 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami FL 33132
BOOTH S1108
It’s always exciting to participate in Miami’s sprawling and exciting Art Basel Week. This will be my third year showing artwork there, and I want to thank Washington, DC’s Gallery NK for featuring my artwork and providing this great opportunity in Miami. In particular, Owner and Director Nihal Kececi has been tremendously helpful and supportive.
Gallery NK will be displaying four artworks in my Corrected Vision series — all newly completed in the past 6 months.
Washington, DC artists are always well-received and omnipresent throughout Miami during the week. Some twenty art fairs, several art museums and tons of galleries, individual artists, and arts aficionados crowd the streets, sidewalks, and beaches. It is really something! Honored to be rubbing shoulders with so many art fans and talented artists.
As a reminder, I remain represented at Washington, DC by Susan Calloway Fine Arts in historic Georgetown.
Washington, DC Artist Leslie Nolan
Corrected Vision 4
Corrected Vision 5 by Leslie Nolan
Packing these guys for delivery to Gallery NK, which will transport them and two other artworks to Miami’s SPECTRUM Art Show during Art Basel Miami week. If you’re in the area, stop by booth S1108 at1700 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33132 — in the heart of the fabulous Wynwood art district, across from Art Miami! December 2-6.
Corrected Vision
Corrected Vision #2
by
Washington, DC Artist
Leslie M. Nolan
These two striking contemporary pieces will be making the journey to Miami for exhibit at the SPECTRUM Art Show December 2-6, concurrent with exciting Art Basel week. Should be an exciting and stimulating week from the point of view of artist, collector, and gallerist. I’m working on a couple of smaller pieces to complement these larger works, but they’re not yet ready for prime time. More on that later. In the interim, many thanks to Gallery NK for making this opportunity available.
In Georgetown, Susan Calloway Fine Arts has been featuring my solo exhibit Inner/Outer this September and October. Lots of media buzz from the Washington Post’s Mark Jenkins and Ari Post writing for The Georgetowner.
A few words about the show. Drips, re-stated lines, contrasting color and visible brushwork all help convey the tension and ambiguity that form my signature style. In approaching the subject of the face and the human body, I respond to the feelings behind the facade to suggest resolve, fear, pride, frailty or other emotion. My goal is to suggest a kind of chaos that invites viewers to make their own interpretation. These paintings might best be described as coping with turmoil…Like modern life.
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