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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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