Leif, the Artist

Since Leif left Insitu a little over a year ago, he's been concentrating on his painting. His short-term goal was to have a gallery showing somewhere in the area, and he recently achieved that goal. For the month of March, the Solo Gallery in Hood River showed a series of portraits he's done in oil on canvas. His opening was very well received and well attended, and he had a great write-up in the local arts/culture/social magazine, Rediviva. Time will tell if he can turn his skills into a living, but he's clearly having a good time in the process. It was great to see the reactions of all of the family and friends who were seeing Leif's work for the first time. Not only are his paintings enormous, but so is his talent.

You can see some of the works on Leif's website. His site also includes a time-lapse video of each work, assembled from individual photos taken while the works were in progress. Look at the bottom of each page for the link to these videos.

 

In addition to his painting, Leif also has a budding DJ business, Suspended in Sound. On the same night as his gallery opening, he also was DJ at a party down the street from his show. Leif really knows how to get a room moving; now if he could only do it a little bit less loud (I guess that means we're getting old.)

- Mike (& Corinne)