Artist Statement 

I have always felt a connection between nature, the elements, and human emotion. Each express a feeling that can be volatile, serene, tumultuous, ever changing, and constantly moving. My work explores those connections with both real and imagined subjects using symbolism. Often there may be a subtle underlying meaning that the viewer may notice with a second glance or by interpreting the narrative in the work for themselves. The relationships created within each composition become new landscapes of my view of the world. My current work explores time and place. Whether it’s a small moment that happens in a flash, or a momentous occasion, the memories of that time and place stick with us to recall at a later time. Often that memory becomes stretched or abstracted in some way. That is the interpretation of time and place I am creating. 

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Bio 

Lesley Brandt Rucker is a native Texan originally from San Antonio. A graduate of Art Center of College of Design in Pasadena, California, she began her art career as a Graphic Designer working on editorial, retail, and corporate design in both the California and Texas markets, and has received local and national awards for her design work. She has been published in Print, Communication Arts, and the New York Art Directors Annual. She started her own business- “Pupscout Bob’s Framous Friends”- which included a line of hand painted pet frames sold locally and painted furniture designs on commission before focusing all her efforts on her paintings. Her artwork has been exhibited in galleries throughout Texas and she was a Hunting Award finalist for her painting: One with Nature. Her work has been shown in numerous galleries throughout the US. Her work was featured as part of a video exhibition in Times Square in New York City.  

Lesley has been a Visual Art instructor at Greenhill for 26 years.