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Rejin Leys

"Evolution + Connections"
New Drawings


I am a mixed-media artist, and this is my sketchbook. Thanks for visiting.

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rejinleys (dot) com
July 8

#Mailart

In June I participated in a mailart project organized on Twitter by Mark Philip Venema (aka @Art_News). The 33 participants had never met in real life, but have since become a lively community, not only exchanging art but also engaging in dialogue about our ideas, art processes and our lives.

The postcards produced, using a variety of media and evincing varied sensibilities, can be viewed on the #Mailart flickr pool. These are a few of my extra ones (because apparently I couldn’t stop at just 32).

Each piece is a relief print with colored pencils, is approximately 4x6,” and they are part of my ongoing “Theories of Evolution and Connections” series.

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June 5

Here is a preview of the 32 small drawings I’m working on for a Twitter organized mailart exchange.

Obviously I draw what I think about, not what I see.

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May 26
Theories of Evolution and Connection I, mixed media, 19x13”

Theories of Evolution and Connection I, mixed media, 19x13”

May 25
Food Chain, relief print and colored pencil, 15x22”

Food Chain, relief print and colored pencil, 15x22”

May 8
“Hen Diagram,” about 15x22”, relief print and colored pencil.

“Hen Diagram,” about 15x22”, relief print and colored pencil.

April 29
This month I spent a weekend with friends having an art-and-play date at their upstate retreat. We all managed to get a lot of studio work done, as well as entertain the kids and visit Olana (the nearby home of 19th Century Hudson River School artist Frederic Church). I had been working on this series of drawings exploring relationships between people and other animals (circle of life?). The change of scenery suggested some new directions for the drawings.

This month I spent a weekend with friends having an art-and-play date at their upstate retreat. We all managed to get a lot of studio work done, as well as entertain the kids and visit Olana (the nearby home of 19th Century Hudson River School artist Frederic Church). I had been working on this series of drawings exploring relationships between people and other animals (circle of life?). The change of scenery suggested some new directions for the drawings.