Leigh Wells

Thursday, April 30, 2009

collage, 10 x 12.75

collage, approx 8 x 13.25"

Sunday, February 01, 2009

pearl diver

collage, each approx. 8 x 9"

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Crown Point Again

Aquatint experiments from one day workshop at Crown Point Press.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Smaller Tangles from Sept 08

Ink, graphite or gouache on paper, 11.25 x 15"
For sale on the beholder.

Monday, September 15, 2008

As yet incomplete

Collage pieces (larger files to be posted when complete.)

Collage pieces (larger files to be posted when complete.)

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Studio Wall

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Crown Point Press Workshop

A sampling of results of a five day etching workshop at Crown Point Press. Click here to see more images, or get info on availability and pricing.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Large Drawings

Big Tangle Series
Please click on images to see larger versions.

Untitled 01, 2008, ink on paper, 39 x 50”

Untitled 02, 2008, ink on paper, 39 x 50”

Untitled 03, 2008, acrylic on paper, 39 x 50”

Untitled 04, 2008, gouache on paper, 39 x 50”

Untitled 05, 2008, gouache on paper, 39 x 50”

Untitled 06, 2008, gouache on paper, 39 x 50”

Untitled 07, 2008, gouache on paper, 39 x 50”

Untitled 08, 2008, acrylic on paper, 39 x 50”

Untitled 09, 2008, gouache on paper, 39 x 50”

Untitled 10, 2008, gouache on paper, 39 x 50”

Thought/Action (Gainsborough)

2002-2008, gouache and/or acrylic on paper. 14.75 x 11.5"

Leigh Wells is engaged in an ongoing drawing dialogue with complexity and the unknowable, with an interest in attempts by science, religion and history to address these themes. While abstract in nature, the works reference social phenomenon, extreme religious beliefs, scientific theories, and other accepted bodies of knowledge.

Combining collage and mixed-media with an emphasis on drawing, her work attempts to challenge, in its way, simplistic worldviews that contrast with the overwhelmingly complex and unknowable nature of reality. In works that interact with found historical, cultural or religious materials, she questions, using her own systems, the presumed points of view contained in these objects.

Leigh's work was presented in a one person show at Gallery 16 in San Francisco in June 2008, appeared in the September 2008 issue of Harper's magazine, and is included in the Viewing Program at The Drawing Center in New York, and the flat files at Pierogi in Brooklyn.

Leigh Wells was born in Oakland, California and holds a BFA from University of San Francisco. She has studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and Parsons/New School in New York.