About
Leslie Lloyd
With a background in Anthropology (BA), I completed a graduate degree in Art, Studio Arts, Painting (MA). In my current painting practice I continue to combine direct observation with memory, often using a camera to record passing images and ideas. This process began in rudimentary form at age eight.
While walking in nature or near the sea, I practice visual memorization of my surroundings while also composing with a camera in order to combine memory with imagination in the studio.
Influenced by direct visual observation of dramatic changing weather, the flourishing and
fallowing of the fields over time, and the ebb and flow of the ocean, I am interested in the
energetic phenomenon of the life-cycle, and hope that mystical dimension imbues my work.
Over the last few years I’ve moved indoors as well, where under studio lights I filter and refine
visual perceptions including subtle color variations, light, pattern and imagined perceptions as they connect to present moment interactions with paint and the various energies which comprise the studio environment. I often use several photographs in combination with imagination to create a unified image with soft edges.
In addition to my studio practice, I have served as Art Department faculty at California State
University Channel Islands since 2013. I teach a variety of studio arts courses designed to
enhance the creative experience, particularly for students who believe they are “not artistic.”