Leslie Clark: Exploring California

Leslie Clark: Exploring California

Travels have always inspired my work. Covid limited my international travel so… in a vintage airstream, I restored in my own style–not vintage or airstream… I traveled to see and paint California’s natural wonders. In the redwood grove 60 x...
Leslie Clark: Memories and a paintbrush

Leslie Clark: Memories and a paintbrush

The many years I have spent traveling and living among nomads in Africa have left me with volumes of sketches, photos and ideas. When I delve into my journals I am reminded of paintings I envisioned. These are newly completed from a sketch or a memory that inspired...
Leslie Clark: On the crest of a dune

Leslie Clark: On the crest of a dune

My art is about telling a story. I travel and paint what I see–usually people doing what they do. I  made only one trip during the pandemic and that was to Morocco. I wanted to see a part of the Sahara I had never seen–the Southern Provinces–also...
Leslie Clark: Traveling Closer to Home

Leslie Clark: Traveling Closer to Home

My work has always been based on travel. Covid has shrunk it to a smaller scope. I just finished three weeks exploring California’s Parks; Sequoia, Yosemite, Shasta, Tahoe, Redwoods, Pinnacles. What a glorious state we live in. The mighty Sequoias were my first...
Leslie Clark Blog

Leslie Clark Blog

I miss traveling. The basis for most of my work for 30 years has been exploration of the planet. Now I am exploring in mind only, but reliving those travels through my journals as I write my memoir is almost as fun—painting them takes me there.  Jodhpur Market,...
Blog post—Leslie Clark

Blog post—Leslie Clark

The lockdown has been very productive for me, but I have not been painting very much.  I have taken this year to realize something I have plotted for a long time—my memoir.  Digging into 25 years of journals, sketches, paintings, films and photographs has...