Leilani Leilani

About Leilani Leilani

leilanileilani1980@yahoo.com Through art, I have become a stronger person. There are times when paint and brushes are my closest friends. They understand what I feel and help me convey it onto canvases. Sometimes I have no idea what a painting Means until it's completed and I step back from it. My paintings have helped me through the most difficult moments in life. Through heart break and loss; Through love and hate. Through new journeys and through endings of old ones. I feel honored when someone tells me my art speaks to them. If my art can speak to or help someone in some way, then I feel a sense of pride and know what I created was purposeful. I am inspired by all artists, beauty, nature... by love and emotions. People inspire me. Relationships inspire me. I enjoy repurposing art. I like to salvage and find anything to paint on. A lot of what I find is old or new commercial art. Sometimes I find original art underpriced at a yard sale or thrift store. I feel that I am honoring the original artist by taking that art and using that essence to help create something new. I paint on top of it and make it my own.