Lesly Benditsky

Art making is a spiritual practice for me. As on the meditation cushion, every state of mind arises in the studio, and it's a mindfulness practice to keep the brush going on the painting, keep my heart open and follow my Spirit . I began drawing and painting in Montreal, Quebec and now live and have a studio in Nova Scotia, Canada. I still enjoy sharing and teaching drawing and painting with individuals and small groups , in person and online.
My artwork is Comprised of what I call gently abstracted painting and drawing, in mostly acrlylic and graphite on canvas. I am currently enjoying painting the visions I'm shown. It's new to me that I am so aware of them .Offering subtle symbolic representation, I see images traversing worlds , between Spirit and earth , dissolving boundaries, exploring unknown space.Always Seeing the beauty and the splendour. I enjoy exploring colour mixing and painting in an improv freestyle these days, as the Spirit moves me , in new for me, colour palettes. Recent landscape work portrays mostly imaginary quiet pictorial space that infers a timeless sanctuary, with a taste of infinity, on earth as it is in heaven. As I have been seeing Spirit animals and birds, and winged ones , I will be introd...

Continuing Education Courses NSCAD 2005-2016

BFA - 1992-1996, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design

NSCAD Student Group Show.1996.Halifax.

Venus Envy Gallery. Halifax . Figure work. Drawings .1998

Foxy Moon Gallery solo show. Paintings. Halifax. 2010

First NSCAD alumni group show 2015 , Anna Lenowens Gallery.Halifax.

Mental Health association Annual Show. Dartmouth Craig Gallery. 2015

Craig Gallery Group Show 2016. Dartmouth .

Tiechart Gallery juried Group Shows 2010; 2016; 2017.Halifax