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Leslie Bodner Fine Art

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Background

In my youth, I was obsessed with everything related to art - drawing, painting, sculpting, printmaking. I took every art class available, even taking weekend classes for youth at Columbus College of Art and Design, and won several scholarships and awards. I had a passion to pursue art in college, and had a portfolio in process via classes at the Cleveland Institute of Art (God bless my mother, who drove me from Columbus to Cleveland every Saturday morning for months). Alas, after much self reflection, I realized that pursing art could be a very challenging way to support myself. My “rational self“ elected to pursue a business degree, and I shelved my creative talents as I navigated the corporate world.  


After stifling my creative passions for more than a decade, I began painting again in 2002. I brushed up my skills with several incredible classes at California College of Art, and have been on a painting journey ever since. Initially, I focused on representational subject matter, primarily landscapes. I now apply those skills as I continue to develop an abstract body of work.


My paintings serve as metaphors for my life, and can be organic or linear in nature. The organic works represent my nurturing, creative side, the part of me that wants to help something or someone grow, learn, and evolve. My linear pieces represent the structure and schedule of my life – influenced as it has been with corporate and familial demands – and the resultant mayhem which occasionally ensues, represented by a torn or rough edges, or uneven lines.


In my abstract series, I apply soft sculpting techniques into my paintings – long nascent from childhood experiences with clay, sand, and even cake frosting. In these sculptural paintings, I use fine acrylic glazes as an underpainting. I then use gels and sometimes paper to build up the painting surface. I highlight and intensify the resulting textures by washing multiple thin layers of glaze over this sculpted surface. My abstracts tend to be bold, powerful, and yet calming.


In my landscape series, I gravitate toward scenes that center me and bring me peace. No surprise that wine country and nature play a role here… My landscapes entail layers upon layers of fine glazes to create depth and light.

Artists Resume

Selected Exhibitions

Curated Employee Art Show, Heller Ehrman LLC, 2005, 2006

Del Monte Executive Office Exhibition, 2004

Nob Hill Medical & Aesthetic Office Exhibition, 2019

Collections

Michael Cohen, Esq. Rainforest I

Natalie Richardson, Colorblock Abstract

Norb Huner, Venice I

Awards & Honors

Columbus College of Art & Design Scholarship for Junior Artists, 1980 - 1988

Ohio Governor’s Art Award for High School Students, 1987

Education

Largely self taught, formal art instruction includes:

  • California College of Art, Professional Practices for Visual Artists, Jamie Brunson and Cynthia Lait, 2006
  • California College of Art, Materials & Process, Jamie Brunson, 2005, 2006
  • Chadds Ford Community Arts Center, Painting Intensive, 1994
  • Miami University, Art History, 1991
  • Cleveland Institute of Art, Portfolio Preparation, 1987
  • Columbus College of Art & Design, various classes, 1980-1988

B.S., 1992, Business Administration, Miami University

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