Lesley Reppeteaux Solo Show Preview

Thinkspace presents:

"Tumbling"
New works from Lesley Reppeteaux

Also showing in our project room:
Zach Johnsen -- "Sunny-side Yard"
+ select new works from Paul Barnes -- "Come Wander with Me"

September 12th -- October 3rd

Opening Reception: Friday, September 12th 7-11PM

(Los Angeles, CA -- August 13th) Thinkspace Gallery is proud to present "Tumbling". This exhibition will feature new paintings from Portland, OR based artist Lesley Reppeteaux in her second solo exhibition with our gallery, which follows an extremely well received two-person show from last season with OH based artist Chris Ryniak.

Tumbling... to fall helplessly down, end over end, as by losing one's footing, support, or equilibrium; to plummet, spill, stumble, or topple; to plunge headlong.

Lesley Reppeteaux is a storyteller whose paintings are deeply affected by the marriage of art and literature. Drawing influences from the Art Nouveau movement, vintage postcards, and the wonder of nature, the characters in her work celebrate strong ethereal beauty and invoke a femininity whose power is all-encompassing. Through a mindful balance of vision and improvisation, Reppeteaux submerges her viewers in an exploration of themes consisting of dream-like adventures and otherworldly mysteries.

With "Tumbling", Reppeteaux has created a series of works based on the Greek Myth of Hades and Persephone. As with all myths, the story of Persephone is an allegory of life, which itself is a mixture of happiness and sadness; love and hatred; loyalty and betrayal.

Reppeteaux received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Illustration in 1998 from the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Denver, CO. and has been painting professionally for the past 10 years. She is a published comic book author and illustrator and has exhibited her paintings at galleries in London, Melbourne, Berlin, and Tokyo, on both coasts of the U.S.A. and at many cities in between. She has been featured in Hi-Fructose, ISM Quarterly, Art Prostitute, and Lemonade Magazine.

She prefers her clothes splattered with acrylic paint, and her workspace filled with tipped jars of brushes and numerous children books. She travels extensively and has lived in Canada, Europe, and all over the U.S.A. Reppeteaux currently resides in Portland, OR - home of zines, strong coffee, and galoshes.

Website: http://www.reppeteaux.com/

Blog: http://adventures-disasters.blogspot.com/

Sneak Peek of "Tumbling": http://flickr.com/photos/thinkspace/sets/72157606213631043/detail/

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