Leela Francis Art
 

A friend recently commented that the reason I'm able to share and promote my art is because I know it's good. Hmmmm...... is it true that I know it's good, and is it true that thinking it's good would help me to share and promote it? What does it mean anyway for art to be good? So, first of all, do I actually think my art is good? Sometimes I do. But more often I wish it was a lot better than it is. Shaken More than good, what I do know for sure is that I want my art to be

Entrainment, getting in sync with my environment, does take time. I’m being gentle with myself as I find my way back home here. The elements, the topography, the way my body meets it all is a cellular re-education and my body needs time to remember how to fall in rhythm with my habitat. And my post op shoulder rehab is making it more challenging. Very humbling.  With each step on this less familiar terrain, my body has to re-find its true north as if for the first time. The

Since before I got back to painting in 2020, I have often taken photographs of women in my life who I admire. I enjoy capturing their essence through casual photography. Years ago I envisioned one day sitting down to begin using these photographs as inspiration for paintings. When I finally sat down to do this in 2013, I realized I actually didn't have the juice for it and that the photographs were the art in and of themselves. Recently, I revisited those photographs and bega

In preparation for my first ever Art Talk to take place at Helix Tasting Room where my new series Ephemeral; Here and Gone is hanging for its second and final month, I've been reflecting, scribbling notes, reviewing and truth be told, feeling a little nervous!!!! I'm not a stranger to speaking in public but it's always been about personal development and the healing journey. This will be my first time speaking to a group about my art. It feels like a big step in acknowledgin

Waiting for a Title from Port in a Storm series Recently at my Helix opening of Ephemeral; Here and Gone I spoke with a collector about...

We are in crazy heartbreaking times. Our hearts are aching, we can’t not feel it. Please don't feel alone in your grief and astonishment...

Cumulus Enigmus We are truly nearing end of summer now that we're into September. My time in Spokane is starting to ebb! Given that I'm...

I am blessed to have a beloved life partner who loves to build things. Greg is happiest when he has a problem to solve. I do my best to...

I wanted to share a glimpse of what's been moving me and what I’ve been working on in the studio lately. All in preparation for a...

Happy Mothers Day! I'm coming up for air after a couple months of rabbit holing it here in my sensual paradise, merging evermore...

I'm finally settling in! My Mexico home is wrapping its loving arms around me and reminding me so much of who I am.   20 years ago I...

It's unusual for me to be here in Spokane at this time of year. I'm used to being outdoors, that's what makes me smile and feel most in...

This time of year is a convergence of several traditions, Xmas, Hanukah and Kwanzaa, that I know of. Maybe there are others.   The...

I love the Kahlil Gibran Poem, Fear. It's about risking everything, even risking disappearing, to become so much more. Risking being...

I've always searched for ways to honestly communicate my ideas, my thoughts, my feelings. In doing so, I work out what is begging for...

~ Chelan Harkin from Susceptible to Light Lunar Rhapsody 24 x 36 x 1.5 on Canvas I no longer pray—  now I drink dark chocolate and let...

Where and when do you feel met? For me, the trees and forests give me that yummy all over feel good feeling. What does it feel like to...

An artist I'm learning from these days online asked the question, "what do you want to be remembered for?" The idea that immediately...

I've been on a roll with my trees lately. The latest is the one shown above. I'm preparing for a Spokane Fall show of all new work and...

Work In Progress 20 x 24 Acrylic Mixed Media on Canvas Almost the end of January and I'm feeling settled in back home on the beach. After...