LEEWAYZ

LEEWAYZ, MY NEW ALIAS, BEGAN BY THE SLOW, THOUGHTFUL INSPIRATION DURING THE QUIET HOURS WHEN THE REST OF THE WORLD IS ASLEEP. QUEIT CONTEMPLATION OF THE MEANING OF LIFE… AND ULTIMATELY HOW I, LEEAH MOVE ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND ME AND HOW I UNDERSTAND IT. DUALITY AND LEEWAY; SEEMINGLY UNUSUAL CONCEPTS FOR INSPIRING VISUAL ART - BECAME THE HEART OF MY UNDERSTANDING OF THIS WORLD, AND THE UNIVERSE AT LARGE. THESE WORDS ARE NOT INHERENTLY THE EXACT INSPIRATION FOR MY WORK, BUT MY COMPREHENSION OF THESE WORDS AND HOW THEY EFFECT ME PERSONALLY HAS BECOME THE INSPIRATION. 

DUALITY; CONTRAST, YET CREATING HARMONY. CONFLICT CREATING COEXISTENCE. WHERE LIGHT MEETS DARK, AND DARK MEETS LIGHT. IN MY LIFE, IT HAS BEEN THE GREATEST STRUGGLES THAT LED ME TO MY GREATEST BREAKTHROUGHS. MY BREAKTHROUGHS, USUALLY FOCUSED ON THE UNBECOMING, AND BECOMING OF WHO I AM. LETTING GO AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS ALWAYS ANOTHER SIDE TO THE COIN.

LEEWAY, DEFINED BY ROOM TO MOVE, CREATES A CONCEPT OF FREEDOM AND ABILITY TO CHANGE. NOT ALLOWING MYSELF TO BE DEFINED BY ONE DECISION. ALLOWING CHANGES WITHIN MY WORK AND WITHIN MYSELF. FLOWING WITH THE ALTERATIONS OF LIFE BOTH EXPECTED AND UNEXPECTED. 

THESE IDEAS APPLY TO HOW I LIVE AND MOVE ABOUT THE WORLD. THEY HAVE NOW ALSO INFLUENCED HOW I PAINT. SHOWCASING CONTRAST IN COLOR AND TEXTURE, IN THEMES, TOPICS AND SUBJECTS. ALLOWING AND ACCEPTING FLUIDITY IN MY WORK; NOT FOCUSING ON A SPECIFIC NICHE OR STLYE. THIS HAS BECOME MY STYLE. MY ART HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE INTUITIVE, LED BY MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT LIFE MEANS TO ME. IT MEANS FLOW. IT MEANS CURIOSITY. IT MEANS DUALITY, AND LEEWAY. 

MY GOAL AS AN ARTIST IS TO EMBRACE THESE CONCEPTS BY MY DECISION MAKING EACH DAY, IN MY LIFE, AS WELL AS IN MY ART PRACTICE WITH MY CHOSEN TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS. MY ART IS EVER EVOLVING AND BEING HEAVILY EXPERIMENTED WITH; EMBRACING THE TRUE SPIRIT OF DUALITY AND LEEWAY.

LASTLY, LEEWAYZ IS ALSO A PLAY ON WORDS; FOCUSING ON THE DEFINITION OF LEEWAY, AND MY NAME, LEEAH, AND DOING THINGS MY OWN WAY. ALLOWING MYSELF TO GROW, WONDER, WANDER, FLOW AND CHANGE WITH THE WORLD AROUND ME.

THESE CONCEPTS, AND NEW ALIAS HAVE HELPED ME DISCOVER MY WHY. WHY I AM AN ARTIST. WHY I EXPLORE ART, AND AM CURIOUS ABOUT MY EXISTENCE. I HAVE EVOLVED FROM THE PAINTER WHO JUST PAINTS BECAUSE I ENJOY IT. I HAVE BECOME THE CURIOUS OBSERVER, A TRUE ARTIST AT MY CORE.

MY HOPE IS THAT AS A VIEWER OF MY ART, YOU TOO CAN BECOME CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR OWN WORLD, AND UNDERSTAND IT EVEN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE BY ASKING YOURSELF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THIS LIFE MEANS TO YOU.

LEEWAYZ CREATES MOODY, ETHEREAL DREAMSCAPES THAT EXPLORE THE THEMES OF DUALITY AND EMBRACE THE IDEA OF LEEWAY. UNDERSTANDING THAT CONTRASTING OR CONFLICTING IDEAS, ALTHOUGH OPPOSITE, CREATE HARMONY AND COEXISTENCE. LEEWAY ALLOWS FOR FREEDOM AND CHANGE NEEDED TO REFLECT ON THE CONCLUSION, AND EVEN CHANGE OUR MIND. NO ONE DEFINITIVE CONCLUSION MUST BE MET. IN LIFE AND IN ART, LEEWAYZ CENTERS AROUND DUALITY AND LEEWAY.

- Lee ♡ ︎