What a joyful, beautiful evening to be painting together. I felt a sense of celebration and a wish to repeat! – Alison Fox
July 18, 2024
Lake T
Boredom Backwards. How anchoring to document a waterway we so often travel next to and occasionally wade in.
July 20, 2024
Wassaic Project NY
The day Biden ended his campaign and endorsed Harris. Delightful to arrive empty handed (aside from snacks) and be so well taken care of. The yellow green shape sliding down the lawn. An ant on my paintbrush. The breeze, worthy of being bottled and sold. A gray that was in fact silver.
July 21, 2024
Beatte Powers Place, Catskill NY
I had a great morning painting along the north branch of the Chicago River. My usual studio work is very thought out ahead of time with multiple studies worked out before making a finished piece so the idea of just sitting along the river with Leslie and making small paintings based on what I was seeing and feeling at that moment was a newer experience for me. It was thrilling but also daunting as it took me some time to not worry about the end result and just experiment on paper. Using watercolors is very new to me as well so that added to it. Was great to catch up with Leslie for a few hours. We have known each other for years but had not ever really sat down just the two of us and talked for a few hours. All in all it was a great day to be out there painting and talking about painting.
June 30, 2024
North Branch River Path
A paining date with Leslie is one of those kinds of events that stands in contrast to the intensities of many of our daily lives- we had to reschedule and then shoehorn ours in – and I’ll admit that I wouldn’t have been likely to do something like this without the invitation. But the time spent in relaxed conversation, the loss of awareness as we talked and slipped into our painting process, and the technical and strategic things that one can learn working alongside an artist as skilled and experienced as Leslie are incredibly valuable. I wish the world were more often like this experience. It was a little hard to go back to regular life when our time was over.
June 28, 2024
Humboldt Park
June 24, 2024
Palmisano Park
Sharing stories of our lives, thoughts and processes … loved being part of your process. Mine usually starts with an idea and me figuring out how to build it, maybe sculpture for sure spatial, this was opposite to my approach to paper. So refreshing let’s repeat ♥️
May 25, 2024
Fort Sheridan Openlands
Summer.
Bird song.
Frog sound ( don’t know the English word for the sound frogs made and it seems silly for some reason to look it up).
Time.
Complete disconnect between the hands and mind,
and
Laughter.
Conversations .
Thank you Leslie for making time for enjoyment of the unskilled.
May 23, 2024
Humboldt Park
February 21, 2024
Garfield Park Conservatory
It’s been 2 weeks since painting with Leslie and I’m still feeling the calming effects on my nervous system. Sitting, observing, making color marks on the paper was/is meditative. I want to carry this into my life more widely. I am so inspired by Leslie’s practice and love how it invites intimacy and community. Don’t we all want that in our lives. (?)
I feel grateful. 💛
January 4, 2024
Garfield Park Conservatory
