Leola Bee Log

art & life via cellphone photography

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Imperfect photo of a recent painting : when you sit on the edge of your bathtub to do art because your next door neighbors have a whole entire #treemuseum out back. Not at all completely OBSESSED #autumnquarantineedition https://www.instagram.com/p/CIUTY8aF36Y/?igshid=nug97xutr7zp

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Daisies for Covid ... the saga continues (at USA) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIE-0hXFCql/?igshid=1mgb5dcgfhodo

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This one’s called Daisies for Covid #givepeaceachance thank you to the friends & entertainers who got me started & kept me going making art this weekend https://www.instagram.com/p/CHwMQbnlnUH/?igshid=n0tao20249yp

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Shirley Baxter pencil & sharpie on pine guitar 4x2 inches . . Leola was commissioned by Binky Griptite to place a portrait of Amy Winehouse on his guitar. The drawing is in a spot on the side, visible only to the player. It's a bit like having a tattoo on someone's shoulder. Binky Griptite is the former guitarist/emcee of the Dap Kings, Sharon Jones' band, who played on Amy's platinum album Back to Black. . The guitar is custom built from parts: with a pine body based on a Fender Esquire, a maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, and a Seymour/Duncan pickup. Griptite had brought the parts to be assembled at 30th Street Guitars NYC and picked it up on July 23, 2011. . Day nine in an advent calendar of my artistic works, posted every day at sundown. Days seven & eight are not yet open -weekend advent calendar operations were delayed due to travel... . Happy holiday party season!! https://www.instagram.com/p/B53eFV9F6eW/?igshid=1okj1tylyok4s

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one pandemic summer day I went to where Kon was painting. She offered use of her colors & I started this gate right there in the dark (slide 5). working carefully, i stopped before ruinining it. The next day it was important to not go OVER anything i liked from the night before, as my friend & her colors were not there. it was an exercise in care & confidence. while preserving 1st night application of fluorescent pink, I clashed my own infrared against it & was pretty siked how it came out. Then also completed in the dark. https://www.instagram.com/p/CD4WiJwjBau/?igshid=1xs8xnrtwjsmq

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Sandra Neely Smith #womenwarriors https://www.instagram.com/p/B4sJD36lBiN/?igshid=2n744cjfcrm9

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Hey everybody, my painting is about to be on a bottle of wine!! ✨

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...this happened... . 🌸 . aerosol on concrete mural in Wynwood Miami outside 004 Connec during Art Basel Miami . 🌸 . #mymainmantree #prunusokame #cherryblossomproblems #CherryBlossoms #004connec (at 004 Connec | Graffiti Paint and Supplies) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrIyXpPFhR0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9b6axm4bh5jy

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Added blossoms today to a tree trunk (tree skeleton?) I’d painted over a drawing of a water tower... 🌸 #autumnal #diadelosmuertos #offseason #hanami 🌸 Work in progress: weeping cherry @brooklynbotanic... . 🌸 . . #sakura #weepingcherry #watertower #crane #mixedmedia #mixedmediapainting #gouache #watercolor #worksonpaper #urbanart #urbanfloral #floralista (at Brooklyn Army Terminal) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpxjPezhBGx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1iiecqdudfpiz

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Walking on sunshine at my #painting studio all weekend. #batopenstudios #chashamaopenstudios #art #artists. we are back on tomorrow 12-5pm. Come through!! It’s still my birthday 😉 (at Brooklyn Army Terminal) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bo5CAEQhU0D/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=agoq8o3uh5oe

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I’m in a book!! 📚 Last summer I was shot by Adrien Finkel @adefink for her book My Naked Truth @mynakedtruthproject, in stores now!! 📚 I brought my own truth & she wrote it on me in washable marker. You can read more about the project here: https://www.health.com/mind-body/my-naked-truth-book (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoMQQlKBIxy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pnawox3hfbym

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Another #portrait of #AmyWinehouse #queensisinthehouse #thesecretdrawingsofleolabee (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn-nqtLB_uy/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nynxpjpki775

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Bigup to @pincheguero1 for setting me up with this beautiful wall during @thecrushwalls festival in #Denver this week. Check me out in the alley behind #datelinegallery. #wallcrush #crushwalls . Titled Shrug aerosol on cinderblocks #JackofSpades #♠️ #afroblue #2000styles #leolabee #leolasketchbook #thesecretdrawingsofleolabee (at DATELINE) https://www.instagram.com/p/BncJrx7n0A5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17eatgv8thy0f

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Title: Shrug (Jack of Spades ♠️)... She’s ready for her closeup. . #Denver, you’ve been so good to me!! Thanks so much to all the people I met, hung with, worked out & danced with, #Denverites & non... . Thanks to @gammagallery for showing me around & connecting me with awesome people, @thecrushwalls festival & this stellar wall at @ddaatteelliinnee... . & extra lots of thank yous to @ashleymorganmonroe for being a great friend, host, dance/#pilatesteacher, yoga bud, fashion muse & stylist. You’re like no other!! Oh and your burlesque show was 🔥🔥🔥 (at DATELINE) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnZe-hCHFvS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=s8b5g7mflvw3

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Signed, sealed, delivered. naturally on my opportunity to wrap, it’s totally raining on me, which is rare in Denver Colorado. Title: Shrug, from a secret deck of cards, no further information is available. #crushwalls #QueensInTheHouse (at DATELINE) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnXO9udnXCS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1s07pscxjwjg4

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Painted this this AM #brooklynboroughhall #cadmanplaza #manhattanbridge #brooklynheights #downtownbrooklyn #courtstreet #physiologic #brooklyn #weliveinbrooklyn 💥💥💥🔫 . 🎨 . #cityscapepainting #cityscape #painting #pleinair #pleinairpainting #gouache #watercolor #mixedmedia (at Brooklyn Borough Hall)

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#painting #happypride #🌈 (at New York, New York)