The ultrasound of the new addition to the Leons sets the backdrop of their family portrait. When they commissioned this piece, the mother, was still pregnant & it was important to the family to include her unborn daughter. So we decided to put her silhouette in the background. (You can see the profile of the fetus’ nose & lips in the right side of her mother’s head). 42” x 36”
✨‘Blood & Confetti’ ✨Oil + Acrylic on Wood panel, 24”x30”
Added a few new porcelain mushrooms to “Liquid Dreams” (The Millennial Mona Lisa) now on its way to San Francisco to dwell at @artattacksf. If you’re in the Bay Area you’ll be able to see it soon.
Another Work in progress ‘ii’
‘Bridge’ 10’ x 12’ mural art for Angel City Brewery’s Heritage Festival. Thanks to everyone for coming out to participate in this live event. Hearing many of the conversations spoken after everyone threw their worries away helped create the title of this piece. A special thanks to @kfrags, @mrscheyanne, @lucid_morgan, @artshare_la & @ely2000k and all the Angel City Staff for all of your help with organizing and assisting throughout the event.
‘Quarantine’, colored porcelain, 7×3.5×4”. Looking forward to making more of these types of hands for an upcoming exhibition soon…
On the easel today. New work in progress
Brilliant Particles. Gouache, pencil on paper, 5×8”. Organizing my studio, I came across some of my work from a few years ago & was reflecting on how so much can change within a few years. ✨🕊🍃
I have a some fun new projects coming up related to appreciating the small things in life that give us joy. Here’s a quick timelapse of a sketch, including the,✨ #vectorearrings ✨, that I possibly will develop into a painting or sculpture later.
I have a some fun new projects coming up related to appreciating the small things in life that give us joy. Here’s a quick timelapse of a sketch, including the,✨ #vectorearrings ✨, that I possibly will develop into a painting or sculpture later.
“Abound” Oil & Acrylic on Wood Panel 24” x 28”
Comparing various ✨🙌🏽✨ sculptures…
Fresh out of the kiln + laced with Gold…New tiny sculptures made for your adornment…coming soon
Last minute touch ups before delivering pieces.
‘Liquid Dreams’, Porcelain, Oil & Wood & Acrylic on Wood Panel 24” x 30”
Taking a break from the studio today. Bringing my #workinprogress to the coffee shop.
A Crown that Bleeds “ii”
Working on some new pieces. In the meanwhile, This is a mural concept rendering at this coffee shop.
Clipped Wings ✨ii✨ Acrylic/Graphite Digitally mastered •
A Slaughter for Greed (Stolen Branches that Bleed)✨ii✨
Harvest “ii” Mixed media + Digital
New Assymetrical Pendulum and Revolve Earrings now available at Talonandthesuneaters.com 👆🏼✨ 💄: @silversunmakeup 👸: @mackenzie_rushh
Sympathetic Strings(2017) [A Beautiful Decay Series]
Acrylic & Oil on Wood 36’’ ⭕️ Diameter
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•Ishan Project: 335/30•
DELIQUESCE
Chûndra walks into her palace after an inspection of the damage The 4bearance had caused to her lab. Losing Anali’s parents…was it infuriating or terrifying her? Maybe both. There was no way of knowing how much of her secrets they were able to pick up in their coma-like state. Besides, she had to figure out how 4bear was able to weaken her Crown’s powers.
She begins to sense a disturbance in the palace. Suddenly, she smells something putrid in her dining area. The stench became stronger and more bitter as she turned the corner. As her eyes met the source of the smell, she fell to the ground. This was something she wasn’t prepared for. A deformed and mangled body had been placed at the bottom of the dining room’s stairway. She gets closer, then reels back as she realizes that these had been the garments of the woman who was like a daughter to her, her apprentice Kalese. The flies had already began buzzing quite nosily now. Chûndra’s body began to tense up as her shock dissolved into curiosity. She knew this couldn’t have been the work of the 4bearance. They didn’t have it in them to do something so vicious. The scene which lain before her was evidence of someone who’d taken their time. But who’d dare do something so horrible?
DELIQUESCE / Mixed Media / 5″ x 8″
•Ishan Project: 107/258•
CHAEN
Chaen was going to have trouble slipping by this many guards. He’d have to use his cloaking power and imitate a Triton guard.
His body leans forward as he transforms into their dazed look. He uses his covert ability to reach his family now trapped in this lair.
Underneath this building there’s too many twists and turns. All of the tunnels zig-zag like a maze in here.
CHAEN / Gouache, Pencil / 5.5″ x 8.5″
•Ishan Project: 52/313•
AWHILE
He laughs when he thinks of how he used to give her such a hard time. Anali’s father, the Judge of the Ishan people, had made a decision that caused him to lose the respect of the community. They were only kids at the time, but you know how kids are. They act off of what they hear the adults say and follow the crowd. She was too cute when she got angry, though, so even after time had passed and he didn’t really believe all the rumors, he would make fun of her just to watch her nose wrinkle up and her cheeks get flushed. Good times.
AWHILE / Gouache, Pencil / 5.5″ x 8.5″
•Ishan Project: 43/322•
SPRING EQUINOX I
Just like we style our hair, the Ishan like styling their branches. The difference is instead of it taking minutes to style, it takes months. It’s easier this part of the year because of the longer days in the sun.
SPRING EQUINOX I / Pencil, Marker / 5.5″ x 8.5″
•Ishan Project: 40/325•
ARAM
She had been watching him for three days.
He would wake up about 1 p.m. and grab a late breakfast from the nearest trash can. After watching people walk around Central Park, he quarantines himself in an abandoned building to have lively conversations with a man named Bob and a child named Booger that are very real in his mind between the hours of 4 to 6 p.m. Then she watches him wail for his mom for another hour. After each psychotic episode, he begs at multiple locations. He has to keep moving to avoid police and other homeless men that would either try to seize his spot or seize him. He was only 11.
Aram couldn’t stand to watch him anymore. Tonight, when he goes to his usual spot to rest she’ll have to grab him there.
ARAM / Pencil, Acrylic, Chalk / 5.5″ x 8.5″
•Ishan Project: 24/341•
THE BRANCH THAT DOESN’T BLEED
Time: 1643. Netra battles the Birdface Crew and decimates them. Afterwards, Chûndra investigated how Netra was able to cause this type of destruction. She finds out about the Bleeding Chair which gave Netra these restorative and magnetic powers. She tries to replicate these by digging up the buried Ishan and chopping of their limbs. But it doesn’t work. The limbs she cuts only survive a day then die off. Now this opportunistic huntress turns her attention to Rïden.
THE BRANCH THAT DOESN’T BLEED / Pencil, Pastel / 4″ x 6″
•Ishan Project: 14/351•
THE FORECASTER
Just before she went into the Dark Sleep, AnaLi Q recalls seeing a cloaked figure hovering above her. As her eyes closed his eerie grin was etched into her memory. A large hood was draped over his head so it was difficult to see his facial features. As she describes him, I start sketching. In her description, though, he has a feather tattooed on his left cheek below his eye. Further investigation revealed that he is associated with the Triton Queen Chûndra. They call him The Forecaster, because when he shows up, bad things are about to go down.
THE FORECASTER / Acrylic, Ink, Markers / 5.5″ x 8.5″
•Ishan Project: 1 /364 •
Due to a mysterious occurence, mankind’s memory has been wiped clean of a group of people that look like us but whose extremities streach to the heavens like branches from a tree. Through a series of Art projects for the next 365 days, Leah Smithson is documenting her investigation of what this occurrence actually was. In addition, she is creating a visual anthropologic documentary of the Ishan’s story and history. Resist + Remember. Follow this compelling story through pictures and interviews of the Ishan.
THE AWAKENING
There were two storms. The first, happened 774 C.E. This storm, while putting the Ishan to sleep, gave humankind amnesia. May 7, 1988 the second storm started coming in waves creating an unsettling condition in the earth. And so begins the awakening…
THE AWAKENING / Charcoal, Pencil / 9″ x 11″
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