Leslie Tejada

I am an abstract painter of over 30 years’ experience. I have exhibited my work in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Chicago, Dallas, Santa Fe, New York and in other galleries across the country, sold to the corporate and hospitality markets, and rented many paintings to the TV and motion picture industries. I was invited to take part in the Art in Embassies program, and am currently a member of the National Association of Women Artists in New York City.

Following my own imaginative vision through processes based on experimentation, I have painted in many media in a wide variety of sizes. Unlike much of art today, my paintings are never derivative or conceptual. Each medium presents new opportunities for exploration, and each painting is a fresh opportunity to discover something new. After living in Santa Barbara for forty years, I moved to Oregon ten years ago, and the natural patterns and textures of my woodland home find their way into the layers of my paintings.

For several years the main body of my work consisted of paintings in oil and alkyd on canvas. My "Erosion" series are close to landscape and have a strong sense of place. I applied several layers of textures and glazing, and included metallic and interference ...

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2016 “An Inward Vision: 30 Years of Painting by Leslie Tejada”
Benton County Museum, Philomath, OR SOLO show
N.A.W.A Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA
2015 Prince Street Gallery, New York City, NY
N.A.W.A at County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ
N.A.W.A at the New York Public Library NY, NY
Mable Hart Memorial Award
2014 Art in Embassies Exhibition, U.S. Embassy, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
2012 Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX SOLO show
Affordable Art Show, New York City, NY
2011 Hunter-Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe NM TWO person show
Affordable Art Show, New York City, NY
2010 Gallery KH Chicago, IL SOLO show
Affordable Art Show, New York City, NY
2009 Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX SOLO show
Affordable Art Show, New York City, NY
2008 Gallery KH Chicago, IL SOLO show
Affordable Art Show, New York City, NY
Toronto Art Fair Toronto, CANADA
2007 Pegasus Gallery Corval...