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Artist Statement:
I believe that painting and
drawing are visceral forms of
communication and they are my
first language. Making art
requires me to be willing to
take risks, to ask questions,
to explore the unknown. The
more I paint the more I yearn
for greater fluency with this
language.
These paintings come from
living close to the land. I am
fascinated by the changing
landscape, not only the
effects of seasons and weather
but human interactions with
the natural world. We shape
it and change the plants
creating great swaths of a
single color, we abandon it,
reclaim it: we change its
purpose to fit our desires.
Each painting or drawing
becomes a record of my
reaction to a moment recently
observed in our environment.
Hillsides devoured by man or
beast; the close observation
of a fallen branch, the
effects of time and climate
that may or may not be in our
hands.
The long rectangle and the
diptych have evolved into my
chosen painting format. The
artificial divide created by
the diptych began for me as a
metaphor for our ever-present
signature on our surroundings.
Over time the tension created
by the divide has become an
integral part of...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Exhibits:
Morrisville State College
Library August – September
26th 2008
Palace Theater, Hamilton NY -
November – December 2007
MAD Art Gallery, Hamilton NY
December 2006, January 2007
Greene New York September
2005- June 2006 Three Exhibits
as Artist in Residence
Delavan Gallery 501 W. Fayette
St Syracuse NY November -
December 2005
Syracuse...
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Artist Galleries:
Delavan Art Gallery
501 W Fayette St
Syracuse NY
www.delavanartgallery.com...
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Artist Reviews:
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Take a Walk 'On the Wild Side'
Sunday, November 13, 2005
KATHERINE RUSHWORTH
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Yardley explores the dynamics
between man and the
environment in heavily
textured, mixed media works
often in a diptych format.
Pieces such as "Summer Bones"
and "Endangered Landscape"
recall the...
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Collections:
M-Tech Information Technology,
Inc.Calgary, Alberta Canada
Jane Rich Oneida NY
Diana Southworth Cazenovia NY
Mr and Mrs.Richard Cheshire
Anaheim CA
Mr and Mrs John Grossman
EarlvilleNY
Mr and Mrs George Hecht Albany
NY
Mr. and Mrs Robert Ivy Essex
NY
Ms. Kathy Kelley Westport NY
and more
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Commissions:
Oneida Community Mansion House
Oneida NY
Jane & Mike Gieryic Hamilton
NY
Skyway Music Festival Hamilton
NY...
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Leigh Yardley Biography:
| Biographical information for Leigh Yardley can be found below. The artist may choose what information to display. Sometimes the artist chooses not to display personal information to the general public. |
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Female
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
99
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| Education |
Graduate Work |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Gardening, cooking, eating, yoga, walking |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Acrylic
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Abstract Art - (1910 - )
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Arthur Dove (today)
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| Your Personal Biography |
Leigh’s observations of the changing land have recently been focused on the effects of water or the lack of it.
The wet summer rains, rising fog, lake effect snow influenced her most recent work. Transparent layers create space within the painting, stepping in where material texture dominated the past. This transition can be seen in the current exhibit at Syracuse Tech Garden. Join the Syracuse art scene for their 3rd Thursday Art openings.
This spring Leigh created a 15' x 100' mural with the Community of Greene NY based on the impact of the Chenango River on the Community. The images were a collaboration with 10 primary level classes. Stop by the village this summer as you travel Rt. 12.
Leigh has degrees in Fine Arts from Skidmore College, UWW, Saratoga Springs, New York and Education from SUC of NY Oswego. She has been actively pursuing her career in Art since 1994. She has had a Residency at Vermont Studio Center and has received SOS grant to continue her exploration in paint. She has exhibited through out the region since 1994.
In addition to working as an artist Leigh is also Adjunct Instructor of Art at Morrisville State College and a Teaching Artist for The Utica Arts in Education Institute. Her work as a Teaching Artist places her in the public schools as a working artist collaborating with classroom teachers of many levels studying the work of visual artists. She lives with her husband photographer Bruce Moseley in the hills east of Hamilton N.Y.
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