Leslie Barton

Our emotional lives seem of paramount importance, though seen as a condition of the human species; our experiences are fairly banal and straightforward. My paintings explore the rich, emotional tedium of intimate domestic life.

The imagery is stripped down to the essential, using acrylic with decisive "˜one pass' brushwork, in an attempt to psychologically as well as visually include only the minimum of information. The imagery has a psychosexual twist with abstract figures inhabiting both interior and landscape spaces.

The bright, vibrating colors suck the viewer in, initially promising to be a simple pleasurable, experience. Ambiguity and in some cases ominous imagery requires the viewer to look beyond the cheerful palette to decipher obscure meaning. The imagery conflates abstraction and figuration suggesting the humor and horror of domestic life.

BFA from School of Art and Architecture at UCLA in 2011.

2022 Three person show, AndLab, Brewery, Downton Los Angeles
2019 Solo show at Metro 417, Downtown Los Angeles
2011 Group show, New White Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2011 Solo show, Undergrad Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, California
2010 Group show, Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo
2008 Group show, Five Continents, Paris France
2006 Group show, Art 16, China Town, Los Angeles, California
2006 Group show, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, California
2006 Group show, Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, California
2006 Solo show, UK, Beverly Hills, California