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Studio 120 #234 Painter Leonard Maiden
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Studio 120 #234 Painter Leonard Maiden

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Starting a new Youtube series about artists I love and respect and whom I’ve found online. Louisiana painters Michael Ray Charles & my FB friend Leonard Maiden are two extraordinary artists whose work I’m excited to share.

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Studio 120 #234

The latest video from my Youtube vlog Studio 120. This is the 2nd vid in series I’ve started about artists I’ve found online and love- a video portrait of the painter Leonard Maiden.

His style of painting, his brilliant use of color, the sharp lights against deep shadowy shapes – this is the man I turn to when I get stuck, when I need clarity in painting an image. To see more visit Leonard Maiden Studio on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=288942787819441&ref=br_rs

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“A a whimsical and bluesy take on rural black life by the use of canvas and oil paint through the creative and playful soul of Leonard Maiden” – descrip taken from hhis FB page

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I get lost in his work. The colors lull me in but then my mind starts turning while I try to understand the layers of a culture so far away from my experience. What exactly is he saying to me and the wider world – what does he want us to comprehend and feel?

This particular painting sold a few years ago but it’s one of my favorites. Maiden’s work is available thru E & S Gallery, Louisville KY (502) 568-2005 and Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans LA (504) 568-9050

I get so lost in his work -the ideas, his soft, subtle colors presented with images that are the blood and bones of the black experience in America. To connect wih Maiden visit his FB page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=288942787819441&ref=br_rs

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Beck Lane

Beck Lane

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I'm an abstract realist painter who's work has been described as being "The love child of a Soviet graffiti artist and Vincent Van Gogh". Work is in collections around the world & available thru galleries & venues from Florida to NYC to RI to Israel. Also on Youtube, Pinterest, Instagram, Google + & more. All sites can be reached thru my website!

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Beck Lane

Beck Lane

Author, Community member

I'm an abstract realist painter who's work has been described as being "The love child of a Soviet graffiti artist and Vincent Van Gogh". Work is in collections around the world & available thru galleries & venues from Florida to NYC to RI to Israel. Also on Youtube, Pinterest, Instagram, Google + & more. All sites can be reached thru my website!

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