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LESLIE DONAHUE
     

PROFILE

Leslie Donahue (b. California, 1996) is a multimedia artist working mainly in acrylic and oil paint. Specializing in strange, atmospheric scenes and images imbued with symbolism, there is tension between what is revealed to the viewer and what is hidden. Leslie has participated in group shows such as a 2022 “Fresh Faces” exhibition (Abigail Ogilvy Gallery) and a 2023 National Prize Show (Cambridge Art Association) as well as a two-month-long painting residency in Mexico City. They currently live and paint in the Boston, Massachusetts area.




ARTIST STATEMENT


I seek references from unusual places. Advertisements, screenshots from television, blurry images from online marketplaces, and other snapshots of the world around me. Mundane yet surreal images are collected like visions, carefully analyzed and replicated, reflecting a narrative of my specific time and place in the world. Throughout the personal, political, abstract, and representative, I document the world with a careful appreciation for beauty in the unexpected. 
  ~Leslie Donahue, 2025
Portraiture / Figuration 
 


Figure Study With Flowers,
2018, Chalk Pastel on Paper, 6.5x9”.



Self Portrait,
2022, Oil Pastel on paper




In The Room,
2018, Oil on Paper, 14x16”.







Woman on a Train,
2020, Oil on Paper, 19x12.5”.



Self Portrait with Clown Makeup,
2023, Oil on canvas












New Boots
2020, Oil on Paper, 15x11”.




Commission, 2023, Gouache on Cradled Masonite



Patient,
2019, Acrylic on Paper, 7x11”.




Figure in Chair,
2019, Acrylic on Paper, 19x14”.




Stranger in Chinatown,
2019, Mixed Media on Masonite, 12x8”.




Self Portrait with Clown Makeup,
2023, Oil on canvas


Landscape/
Environment
Neighbor’s House,
2020, Oil on Paper, 15x10”.



Mexican Street View,
2023, Acrylic on Cradled Wood

Sciarappa View,
2021, Oil and Marker on Canvas
*for sale* 



Billerica,
2020, Acrylic on Paper, 11x7.5”.

      Abstraction



X,
2019, Mixed Media on Canvas, 38x12”.




Grid #1,
2019, Mixed Media on Masonite, 32x24”.


Untitled,
2019-2020, Mixed Media on Paper, 11x9”.
Yellow Shape,
2019, Mixed Media, 15x12”.


Untitled,
2019, Acrylic and Fabric on Board, 12x9”.




Green Shape,
2019, Mixed Media, 18x12”.




Frantic,
2018, Paper and Charcoal, 24x18”







Drawing


Small Reflections,
2019, Colored Pencil on Paper, 7x7”.



Dave, 26,
2019, Pencil on Paper, 7x5”.




Movie Star,
2020, Pencil on paper, 7x7”.







Bridge Street,
2019, Charcoal and Pastel on Paper, 7x7”.
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