Friday Favorite: Leslie DeRose

5/6/2011

This Friday’s Feature artist is Leslie DeRose!

I love her bicycle-map paintings – especially the works containing Chicago maps!
But I'm really hoping to commission her to create a bicycle-map painting of Sitka, Alaska, where my husband and I rented bikes on our honeymoon!

In her artist bio, Leslie writes:

I have a degree in Art Education and was a teacher for four years in Charlotte NC. In 2009 I had my daughter and I now stay at home with her. Every spare second of my day is spent creating something or brainstorming. Yay for naps! I casually painted and did photography but have been painting more seriously for about a year and a half.

Bike Grant Park, 8 x 8 inches, acrylic

Bike Boston, 8 x 8 inches, acrylic

Bike Chicago, 8 x 8 inches, acrylic

To find out more about Leslie DeRose, visit her Facebook page or Etsy shop!

TGIF!
Mary

31 Comments

Meg

5/5/2011 10:25:00 pm

Wow! I love these too! Awesome artist to feature!

Mary C. Nasser link

5/5/2011 11:35:16 pm

Glad you love the work, too, Meg!!

Brienna link

5/6/2011 01:42:37 am

What an amazing play of negative and positive space! Brilliant!!! And I love the palette-knife application (I'm assuming because of the fantastic texture) of the acrylic paint... yummy and buttery!

love,
brienna

Mary C. Nasser link

5/6/2011 01:56:00 am

Great description, Brienna...it is a buttery, yummy painting texture!

And the relationship and ambiguity of the positive and negative space is wonderful!

TGIF!
Mary

Jacquie link

5/6/2011 03:17:10 am

Just checked out her whole shop and its filled with beautiful pieces. Love it!

I love the meaning behind the commissioned work and I think it'll turn out lovely.

Mary C. Nasser link

5/6/2011 04:57:42 am

I am really loving her most recent topographical map paintings, too, Jacquie...may have to have Leslie as a repeat Friday Favorite!

And I think my commissioned work with her will turn out lovely, too! ♥

Best,
Mary

Nick

5/6/2011 05:50:57 am

Love them! Totally agree on the topo paintings! I think a repeat is definitely in order. Thanks for the introduction!

Megan link

5/6/2011 06:05:05 am

Nice to meet you too Mary! Love these paintings as well, very cool. Thanks for sharing!

http://www.theremodeledlife.com

Mary C. Nasser link

5/6/2011 09:38:38 am

Nick and Megan,

Thanks for your comments!
It's wonderful that you love these paintings, too!

TGIF!
Mary

Tessa link

5/6/2011 10:05:34 am

These are awesome!!

Mary C. Nasser link

5/6/2011 11:01:23 am

Glad you like these, too, Tessa!
Hope this post gives Leslie more exposure...which she certainly deserves! :)

Best,
Mary

KAT link

5/6/2011 11:57:50 am

Very cool hanks for sharing that art. so inspiring
I do folk art here in Ohio. check out my latest project
Thanks

SuzyJaneB link

5/6/2011 09:54:08 pm

I love the combination of eco friendly transport and a map! Very creative and lovely to look at. These pieces could be very popular here in Holland, where there are more bikes than people and we need a map to find the right bike path!

Mary C. Nasser link

5/7/2011 01:31:43 am

Kat,

Thanks for your comment!
Happy you found her work inspiring, too!
Off to check out your latest project.

Best,
Mary

Mary C. Nasser link

5/7/2011 01:50:20 am

Suzy Jane,

Love your comment!!

I would love to bike about Amsterdam some day!!

Just learned this morning that May is national bike month here, too! Woo-hoo!!

Best,
Mary

victoria link

5/7/2011 02:27:11 am

Hi Mary,

Thanks so much for checking out and commenting on my blog!

Absolutely love all of the map art you post, and creative initiatives. This is great. :)

Victoria

Anne @ Ayana Designs link

5/7/2011 12:28:24 pm

Very cool, love maps as art!

sara link

5/8/2011 12:09:22 am

what a compleetly uniqu art! brava for spotliting it!

Dianne Sandland link

5/8/2011 12:55:03 am

Loving your blog and the insights into unsung heroes. I've signed up so that I can learn more x

Debbie Shirley link

5/8/2011 01:45:44 am

Wow - amazing work! Thanks for sharing this!

helen link

5/8/2011 06:32:03 am

Its a great idea for art, really original and bright. Love finding new talent - FOLLOWING....

Reshma link

5/8/2011 09:44:32 am

Hello Mary! Thank you for stopping by at my blog!
The artist on your feature today is really so unique! Great talent and yes since I like bicycles, love the concept of maps on a bicycle.
Following you...

Amanda Thornton link

5/8/2011 11:48:13 am

wow, what an amazing artist! So unique, i just love her pieces!
Thanks for the comment on my blog :) i was going to follow yours but (a little embarassed to admit) i couldn't find the link to follow your blog! haha, maybe you can help me out ;)

Lily

5/8/2011 11:56:15 am

I'm so gladly to following you too.

Lisa link

5/11/2011 05:58:12 am

Love this work! Great creative and work! Thank you for sharing it!

Robin Mead link

5/13/2011 04:12:58 am

wow...these are also amazing, original and inspirational...love them..I just sent your link to my daughter...!

yagmur gunel link

5/13/2011 10:34:14 am

hello Mary, ı got your comment and ı checked your blog you have vonderful works thank you for sharing your artworks and thank you for your comment.

Sara elizabeth link

9/4/2011 10:17:06 pm

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Diane link

3/10/2012 07:50:17 am

It's very hard to come up with a new idea when you're working with painting, but this is very unique and fun!

Nicole link

4/26/2012 02:50:12 pm

These are really beautiful. I love the biking map theme.

Sampson and Lorrie link

4/28/2012 09:39:50 am

What fun artwork! We are HUGE fans of maps. We found your website through the interactive blogging team on Etsy and are so thrilled that we stopped by! Thanks for inspiring us newbies :)

~Sampson & Lorrie
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