Leroy Miranda Jr

Leroy Miranda Jr. – Artist Statement


I approach my work with spontaneity, quickness, and—when I
chance upon it—wit. The emotion or atmosphere of the day influences the work, and
I consider the images that result a story of myself. Am I telling the same
story over and over? Am I telling new stories? I have not figured it out
exactly. What I know, for now, is that the works are both simply and not so
simply works of myself, meaningless and meaningful as any emotion can be when
rendered as an image.

My process often begins with some familiar image, with a way
for me to warm up to the page. I find myself coming back again and again to the
image of a shrimp, in part because the image bears sentiment, a “meaning” that
has lingered. However, if pressed to express that meaning in words—or even the
meaning’s origin—I could do nothing but point back to the image. The shrimp are
a trope, a touchstone, a familiar grip from which my work can expand. And,
because my process is often very fast, I am painting my way through a vast
number of emotional landscapes. At the end of a day, I can sift through the
pile of images, swift as a river, and see what catches my eye. But it is the
subconscious mind that is in control; it is the subconscious m...

Group exhibitions
2014. Stop Crying Hallbarnett, New Orleans
2016. Spring Fever Invitational Pleiades Gallery, NYC



Solo exhibitions.
2014. Line + Form Guy Lyman Fine Arts , New Orleans
2015. Tribal Guy Layman Fine Arts, New Orleans
2016. Unveiled: Part Two | Figures in Form | Where Y'Art Pop-Up Gallery at The Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery , New Orleans