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About                                  LEAH WILLINGHAM



          the



          Artist &


          the                       I have always been a creative soul, but I have al-


                                    ways struggled in thinking of myself as an artist.
          Work



                                    My high school art teacher, Arlene Teare, watched
                                    me struggle with Art 101 which was basic drawing.
                                    She was so kind and generous and helped me un-
                                    derstand that being an artist is not tied to just one
                                    genre. Instead of discouraging me, she opened the
                                    entire world of art and creativity to me. I thank her on
                                    every project I start.




                                    Today I am primarily an encaustic and cold wax/oil                                                                                                                SQUARE BOXES
                                    abstract painter. My journey in painting began when                                                                                                               COLD WAX/OIL WITH AN
                                    I saw a picture in a gallery that was a photograph                                                                                                                ENCAUSTIC POUR ON 8X8
                                                                                                                                                                                                      PANELS MOUNTED ON
                                    covered in wax. Today I know that to be a photo                                                                                                                   FOUND WOOD
                                    encaustic but at the time I had no idea what it was                                               SHERBET BOAT                                                    10 X 40
                                    and had never seen anything like it. I only knew that                                             ENCAUSTIC ON REPURPOSED                                         $500
                                                                                                                                      WINDOW WITH COLD WAX/OIL
                                    the beauty of painting, the depth, layers, and history                                            ENHANCEMENTS WITH FOUND
                                    called to me.                                                                                     WOOD
                                                                                                                                     20 X 30
                                                                                                                                     $500
                                    The smell of the wax, the fact that I can do no
                                    wrong on anything I paint because I can just add a
                                    new layer or scrape something off gives me a certain
                                    kind of freedom. Now I paint as a way to express my-
                                    self. It allows me to bring the beauty that I see in the
                                    world around me and share it with those that experi-
                                    ence what I create.


                                                                                                                                                         BLUE BOATS
                                                                                                                                            ENCAUSTIC ON REPURPOSED
                                                                                                                                            WINDOW WITH COLD WAX/OIL
                                                                                                                                                      ENHANCEMENTS
                                                                                                                                                             30 X 24

                                                                                                                                                               $650





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