Leslie Parke Studio

Leslie Parke shares her passion for art, travel and food, with an emphasis on art history mysteries, studio practices, and artist's painting sites.

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“New Day”, 66 inches x 99 inches. oil and metallic paint on canvas. ©Leslie Parke 2018

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Watch This Beautiful Mexican Pottery Emerge from Clay

See how traditional artistic traditions are being kept alive in the Mexican state of Michoacan. In this installment of Mexican Handcraft Masters by Mariano Rentería, a family of glazed pottery artists explains the process behind their exquisite artistry. The Short Film Showcase spotlights exceptional short videos created by filmmakers from around the web and selected by National Geographic editors. The filmmakers created the content presented, and the opinions expressed are their own, not those of National Geographic Partners.

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Doonyaya - MustangI love DoonYaYa Designs!!!

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Battenkill Inspired (Leslie Parke)

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I just added a new piece of art to Saatchi Art! Birch

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Abstract or Representational - Depends on the Source of the Light - Leslie Parke

My painitngs are about light. When I paint representationally and I am about the business of rendering light, I often choose a subject that is back lit. It seems to offer the most extensive and complex qualities of light — light on a surface, passing through a surface, reflecting off of a surface, often highlighting …

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I just added a new piece of art to Saatchi Art! Branches

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I just added a new piece of art to Saatchi Art! Flooded Grove

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From Farm to Canvas - Leslie Parke

I live in a very rural part of New York surrounded by farms. The landscape influences my work, but not always in the ways you might imagine. I pass this farm on a back road to the next town. I have stopped a few times to photograph it. What I really love is how …

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Conversations with Giotto - Leslie Parke

I’ve been having conversations with Giotto di Bondone [c. 1267 – 1337, born in Florence, Italy] since I was twelve years old and my class studied the Rennaissance. The conversation became obsessive when in 1987 I created a cycle of paintings recreating the paintings of the Arena Chaple on seven shaped canvases, the largest of …

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How an encounter with an 18th century Japanese screen painting found its way into my work. - Leslie Parke

Several years ago I was crossing the Mall in Washington on my way back to my hotel when I decided I had to duck into the Sackler Gallery, part of the Smithsonian, and see the Asian work there. On display was the Price Collection, on loan from Los Angeles. The first piece I saw as …

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Thought this painting was finished weeks ago, but have started at it again. I selected 13 paintings to be repainted. I usually only sacrifice a painting at a time. But Big charges are afoot. #studiolife💋 #leslieparkestdio #wecanfixthis

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I just added a new piece of art to Saatchi Art! Fritos Bag

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The Print Project and It's Aftermath - Leslie Parke

Several years ago I decided that I wanted to do a set of lithographs based on a paintng I did of an almond tree. Having never made a lithograph before I thought I’d share the process with you and get your input along the way. I made 4-plate lithograph, that I printed in different colors …

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Just ran out of oil stick. Arrhythmia. #studiolife💋 #leslieparkestudio #workinprogress❤️ #wetpaintnation

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I just added a new piece of art to Saatchi Art! The Weight of Pearls

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I just added a new piece of art to Saatchi Art! Recycled Bottles