Melissa Leslie

www.mlovestudio.comMy ARTIST Statement-My Vision of my Visions-Creating a place for the eye to ponder is the most liberating activity for me.... Everyday unfolds so many opportunities for the mind to bend, twist, reform, change or morph into the unknown... These visions, these dreams, and these infatuations become me in my efforts to interpret my inner self portrait. I fell in love with art before I even knew I existed...Really if you look in my mother's womb...you can see my first tribal wall drawings...hehe! Ever since I could pick up a crayon I knew it was my destiny and I never held a pen for just notes of words but of visual context. I can remember taking vocabulary quizzes and I drew a picture for each word that was given...It always got me extra points...But I think it was just the way I had seen things compared to the norm or the structured way we were all made to see it. I never really became conformed into this world ...be it the time scheadule, the learning process, the steps to become successful...I have always followed my heart and physical feelings for what I felt at the time would make the best at what ever I decided to do ..................................................... (Steps are for those who wish to follow what has already been built...that's fine too... but making your own steps or jumping into a mud hole or a rocky surface and all these areas you can find your own path a way no one can teach you...only the way you handle each situations The BEST learning can only be taught through living it...the most epic humans seem to have gone through so much trials and tribulations...truly admirable) ............................................................ ....................... If I was hungry and late to class...then I choose to eat instead...why?... Because what good will my work be if I am thinking about my stomach while trying to sculpt?... My sculpture would be half of what it could be and I am in school for my work and my work only...Cause seriously... who look at a degree when it comes to art.... If the art does not speak to you then I havent spoke to my art... ............................. My work involves my presence be it in the portrait or the pure essence of the way I move my characters.... I love the figure and believe there is nothing more complicated than the human form and the human mind... For all people are different and shaped by each and every incident that happened in their life...no two people can ever be the same in this sense...therefore making each human a monumental structure with a story so unique it could never be fully captured in one book or in one picture...But there is one moment before after or during an activity or thought you can capture in the human expression... This is what I strive for... Time is so valuble and if you give a glimpse of time to see into your soul....so much can be revealed and appreciated...