mnartists.org: Shelly Leitheiser

Hasta Luego

Shelly Leitheiser — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:56:00 GMT

A scene of daily life in Honduras.

Tulum Vista

Shelly Leitheiser — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 03:34:05 GMT

Tulum Vista is an acrylic painting on canvas, 24" x 36" based on my photo of Tulum, Mexico $800 and you can purchase this original painting at GRAA in LIttle Falls, where it's hanging in the gallery.

Inevitable Inferno

Shelly Leitheiser — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:19:01 GMT

This painting is a response to the incredible environmental devastation caused by humans, to the point of climate change, which is the indirect cause of many wildfires all over the southwest. Actually, wildfires now affect all the country all year round. Currently on display in my exhibit at the Falcon Bank in St. Cloud, 1010 West St. Germain Street downtown, with 31 other paintings. November 4 - December 31st, 2012.

Grey Wolf in Green

Shelly Leitheiser — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 07:17:29 GMT

Wolf hunting season just opened, and I'm against hunting wolves as it's another solution in search of a problem. People say wolves kill cattle -- cattle are the real problem. Cows used for food are not sustainable, they pollute the environment, and the meat produced by big ag is not good for human or animal consumption. The wolves know what they are doing. As for hunting; this wolf has been made to appear fierce and wary and very much disapproving of anyone who would choose to hunt it. Currently on display in my exhibit at the Falcon Bank in St. Cloud, 1010 West St. Germain Street downtown, with 31 other paintings. November 4 - December 31st, 2012.

Waterworld II

Shelly Leitheiser — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:17:05 GMT

Waterworld is a depiction of a possible future, after the ice melts and we travel by boat. Inspired by both science and fiction and a little bit of steampunk. Currently exhibited in the Whitney Center in St. Cloud through July 3rd.

Proprietary Information

Shelly Leitheiser — Sat, 26 May 2012 19:32:15 GMT

Proprietary Information is a trade secret. It refers to the secret information that is the content of the chemicals used for gas "fracking". When people are sickened by these chemicals, they can't even be told what the chemicals are that are making them sick, not even by their doctors. The chemical information is called Proprietary Information, a trade secret. This practice threatens everyone in the United States as more and more gas fracking will occur in the future.

Fantastical Forest

Shelly Leitheiser — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:58:16 GMT

Fantastical Forest is an acrylic painting on wood panel, magical and delicious, just like Lucky Charms. It glows with an inner light. Right now this painting is on exhibit at the Whitney Center in St. Cloud, where you can see it until June 30th along with 11 other paintings by me. $300

Polar Struggle

Shelly Leitheiser — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:29:09 GMT

An Arctic bear watches his habitat disappear, thanks to the changing climate and the activities of people. The abstraction depicts chaos in the environment and the changing climate. Currently on display in my exhibit at the Falcon Bank in St. Cloud, 1010 West St. Germain Street downtown, with 31 other paintings. November 4 - December 31st, 2012.

Grizzly

Shelly Leitheiser — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:28:07 GMT

Part of my new Endangered series for 2012.

Erosion

Shelly Leitheiser — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:15:51 GMT

I’m concerned about the earth’s environment, pollution and climate change. I worry about the human contribution to climate change and especially our inability to solve the problem (so far). The source for “Erosion” is a photo I took in the Badlands of South Dakota. The eroded land represents a place out of balance, eroded beyond usefulness due to drought. Two people are dancing, oblivious to their environment. This painting is also about extinction, as the rhino watching the people represents the Western Black Rhino which was just recently declared extinct, an extinction caused by both climate change and poachers. I can’t help but wonder if extinction may be the fate of people some day too, if we don’t change how we do things.

Sunset Woman

Shelly Leitheiser — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 03:47:37 GMT

This is part of a new series about human relationship to the environment and how we are inextricably linked to nature in every way because we are of nature. -- Painted October 2011, acrylic on canvas, 22" x 28".

Sunny Day in San Jose

Shelly Leitheiser — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:24:30 GMT

This is a watercolor scene of shoppers in San Jose. It’s currently in a members juried show in Hopkins, Minnesota, where it will be until the end of October. It’s a scene I photographed in November 2010, when I visited Costa Rica for two weeks. I spent two days people watching in the largest city and capital, San Jose, which is always full of interesting people with their kids. The Hopkins Art Center is holding this show at the Art Center, 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, Minnesota, now through October 22.

Tropical View

Shelly Leitheiser — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:20:12 GMT

This is a tropical view from Belize! It's taken from a porch in a beautiful cabana located near San Ignacio Belize. This is a watercolor, done in August 2011. it's approximately 22 X 20". You can also see this painting at Leitworks.com

Swimming at Punta Uva

Shelly Leitheiser — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:39:06 GMT

This is the beach at Punta Uva, Costa Rica, as seen last November. This acrylic painting is a view done from several reference photos. I enjoy working this way and would be happy to take commissions of similar topics -- or others! Acrylic -- 22 X 28, $450

Anniversary

Shelly Leitheiser — Thu, 05 May 2011 05:32:22 GMT

Maybe the inescapable royal wedding made me think of weddings, but I mentally re-worked this from the original, which was to be far more abstract than it turned out, into a marriage-themed painting. The finished painting is almost like a graphic design. It’s often true that what you see as a finished painting is nothing (or little) like the original concept intended by the artist. . . .