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Leena McCall

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Invitation to private view of "Flesh"

Leena McCall August 11, 2008

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Am delighted to have this little head study through to the next round of judging for the Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ annual exhibition. No guarantees it will be selected in the next round, but still pretty excited to make this one. Thi
This one is called ‘The Impostor’ - a #self-portrait. New year, new start. After a two year break from painting, two house moves and multiple school and studio moves, I am finally back at the easel. #firstpaintinginyears #impostorsyndro
A bit of Christmas painting with the boys to celebrate start of holidays. #artiststudio #kidsmakingart #christmasholidays
More work in progress - continuation of flesh colour studies, this time working on a larger scale. I always find it liberating to work on a big canvas. Just wish I had better heating in my studio! #wip #oilpainting #figurativeart #figurativeartist #l
Final day @workhall.uk Sedici artist residency and it is interesting to look at the numerous flesh studies I have started (not finished!) over the last two weeks. I set out to experiment with new colors, surfaces and painting techniques. And I have
Second week of my artist residency and here are a couple of works in progress. Love painting on brushed aluminum, gives an incredibly smooth and absorbent surface to work on. Also started experimenting with white background to see how it changes the
Day 4 of residency and trying to squeeze as much out of the daylight as I can…. What a privilege it is to have time to paint and no one else to worry about. #artistresidencyinmotherhood #artistresidency #figurativepainting #paintingexperiment
Day 3 of my artist residency @workhall.uk and I am immersed in experimenting with new color palette, new surfaces and I have TIME! ##artistresidency #artistresidencyinmotherhood #wipwednesday
It’s been a long time coming…. But I am finally done building my own #artstudio. COVID put an end to my #mafineart last year. Looking after and homeschooling three young boys was challenging enough and my own #artcareer was put on hold.
All packed up and no where to go...yet. Goodbye to my lovely studio. Hoping it won’t be long before I can unpack all the boxes again and get back to some painting. #studiomove #artiststudio #leenamccallartist
Goodbye 2020. The year I gave up art for domestic servitude and wine. Hoping 2021 will yield more of art, less of domestic, equal measures of wine. #endof2020 #domesticgodessformerlyknownasartist

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