Rejin Leys “Evolution + Connections” New Drawings I am a mixed-media artist, and this is my sketchbook. Thanks for visiting. rejin (at) rejinleys (dot) comTumblr (3.0; @rlskbk)http://rejinleys.com/<a href="http://galleriehaiti.wordpress.com/2010/07/16/the-second-exhibition-reimagining-haiti-part-1/">Reimagining Haiti</a>: <p>I’ll be in North Adams, Mass for this exhibition/benefit for Haiti this Thursday July 29! Will also be there next Tuesday for the artist talks.</p>http://rejinleys.com/post/868062438http://rejinleys.com/post/868062438Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:34:05 -0400<a href="http://www.iberkshires.com/new/story.php?story_id=35272">Gallerie Haiti to open as part of Downstreet Art</a>: <p>I’ll be showing recent drawings as part of this series of exhibitions in North Adams, MA - hope some of my New England friends can come! Proceeds will go to an organization in Haiti:)</p>http://rejinleys.com/post/722131765http://rejinleys.com/post/722131765Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:26:20 -0400<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rejinl/sets/72157623889226495/">8 recent "Just Rice" drawings, posted on flickr</a>: <p>each of these is colored pencil, 9x12”</p>http://rejinleys.com/post/579679077http://rejinleys.com/post/579679077Fri, 07 May 2010 18:09:46 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzugnjAa3q1qzn5wpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Installation of recent drawings at “Boundless Discourse” exhibition at Ramapo College in NJ. <em>(Click on photo for more info about the show.)</em></p>http://rejinleys.com/post/472678509http://rejinleys.com/post/472678509Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:35:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz4f8trXta1qzn5wpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Trying to decide which drawings to send to upcoming exhibition @ <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ydrq9g7" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/ydrq9g7</a></p>http://rejinleys.com/post/441221039http://rejinleys.com/post/441221039Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:07:36 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz1gcgU6Dy1qzn5wpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>And another <b>Just Rice, </b>9x12”</p>http://rejinleys.com/post/437702940http://rejinleys.com/post/437702940Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:38:40 -0500Rejin Leysartdrawingrice<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz1esffTAG1qzn5wpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(more) <b>Just Rice, </b>9x12”</p>http://rejinleys.com/post/437641118http://rejinleys.com/post/437641118Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:05:02 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz1efwX4yY1qzn5wpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Just Rice,</b> 9x12”</p>http://rejinleys.com/post/437627758http://rejinleys.com/post/437627758Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:57:32 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz1edzZ0Ek1qzn5wpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Just Rice</b>, 9x12”</p>http://rejinleys.com/post/437625691http://rejinleys.com/post/437625691Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:56:23 -0500<a href="http://artinbrooklyn.com/2009/12/rejin-leys/">Art in Brooklyn post re: Evolutions + Connections</a>http://rejinleys.com/post/289505216http://rejinleys.com/post/289505216Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:57:39 -0500<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rejinl/sets/72157622993019746/detail/">Photos from reception for "Evolution + Connections"</a>http://rejinleys.com/post/281974891http://rejinleys.com/post/281974891Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:05:07 -0500Rejin Leysexhibitionart<a href="http://myrealwall.blogspot.com/2009/12/my-real-wall-features-rejin-leys.html">"A REAL wall displaying REAL posts by REAL people" post re: Evolutions + Connections</a>http://rejinleys.com/post/280518323http://rejinleys.com/post/280518323Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:41:13 -0500<a href="http://repeatingislands.com/2009/12/06/rejin-leys-exhibit/">Repeating Islands blogpost re: Evolutions + Connections</a>http://rejinleys.com/post/280516690http://rejinleys.com/post/280516690Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:39:31 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuafeeX74D1qzn5wpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Adaptation Module One,” mixed media, 26x18”</p>http://rejinleys.com/post/273260953http://rejinleys.com/post/273260953Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:08:38 -0500Rejin Leysartdrawing<p>I’ve been drawing “just rice” and remembering the origin of this drawing project in last year’s food shortages and protests. The idea grew when I began to think about what eats what, evolution, and the connections between all living things. Some of the imagery that went into the drawings were new material for me, and some were a reworking of old favorites. Was it just a coincidence that searching through my collection of collage materials yielded that page of pictures of different breeds of hens? Had I thought about hunger in past projects, or were the hens collected for a different reference?<br/><br/> Until today I haven’t cared for the idea that artists should keep all kinds of junk that we will one day use in our work. But now I have this image of myself traveling through life with an archive of paper. Bits and pieces come out that are coincidentally relevant. Periodically I dip into the archive and whatever emerges will influence how I frame the issues of the day.</p>http://rejinleys.com/post/241893722http://rejinleys.com/post/241893722Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:55:00 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kspnpvrGZ51qzn5wpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Just Rice, 7.5x12”</p>http://rejinleys.com/post/235370586http://rejinleys.com/post/235370586Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:25:00 -0500Rejin Leysartdrawingrice<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krz8huKvZK1qzn5wpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“The Legendary Bean,” mixed media, 19x26”</p>http://rejinleys.com/post/221054198http://rejinleys.com/post/221054198Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:58:00 -0400Rejin Leysartdrawingchickensrice<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krz8calTxv1qzn5wpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Not yet titled (“Concentric Chickens”?) mixed media, 13x19”</p>http://rejinleys.com/post/221051999http://rejinleys.com/post/221051999Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:55:00 -0400Rejin Leysartdrawingchickensriceprintmaking<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr5cg7OPri1qzn5wpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>At work, in my new studio</p>http://rejinleys.com/post/206695377http://rejinleys.com/post/206695377Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:36:07 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/I1W6gkblVpo9lvlun7MdBE1bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://rejinleys.com/post/138044714http://rejinleys.com/post/138044714Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:08:29 -0400