Current Exhibition

8576-A Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Tel: (310) 657-0324
Open: Daily 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and by appointment
www.skylarkfineartgallery.com

Opening Reception: Friday, February 22, 2008
from 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.

"Allegories & Landscapes"
Solo exhibition with a selection of recent works.
August 23 - September 15, 2007

Excerpt from the published catalog:
"Allegories, the most recent series by acclaimed artist Luc Leestemaker, reflect the ever-broadening and deepening quality of his body of work. By using the image of a barge as the conduit for his transcendence into a more lyrical language in the "Voyager" and "Map of the Wind" series, Leestemaker already translated the more methodical landscape process from the European painter's tradition in which he grew up into abstractions. With a new freedom to travel deeper into the abstract process, "Allegories" has now emerged to describe the artist's latest exploration into even more fluid territory and provides a new and exciting reference point between the tangible horizon line and a more abstract interpretation of his landscapes." 

33 Newbury Street
Boston, MA 02116
617.266.8001
www.galerie-dorsay.com

Selection of work on permanent display. Please contact the gallery for details.

Breaking Through the Canvas
September 29, 2007 at 6:00 p.m.
A Gala evening of performance, gourmet dining and dancing
 under the stars to benefit Lineage Dance.

The Lineage Dance Board of Directors is pleased to invite you to a gala event on the beautiful terrace of the Pasadena Museum of California Art.  Showcasing the grace and elegance of Lineage Dance, the evening includes the world premiere of Hilary Thomas’ newest dance, Breaking Through the Canvas.  Be amongst the first to see this collaboration of cutting-edge dance inspired by the music of acclaimed composer Vincent Ho and the renowned visual artist Luc Leestemaker.  As the evening unfolds, enjoy a gourmet meal with friends and dance the night away under the stars.

Lineage Dance is dedicated to raising funds for charitable organizations through the presentation of benefit dance concerts, as well as to making the arts accessible to audiences of all socioeconomic and demographic backgrounds.  This unique mission provides enormous opportunities and we welcome your partnership!  By supporting Lineage Dance, you are supporting all of our beneficiary organizations. 

As part of the festivities, attendees will have an opportunity to participate in a live auction that will include a select number of paintings by Luc Leestemaker. (Starting bids will begin below market value especially for this event). Proceeds from the evening will allow Lineage Dance to continue to build outreach efforts and present their acclaimed benefit dance concerts.

As the event promises to be unforgettable, please place your ticket orders now! Tickets are available at “Tickets/Performances” at www.lineagedance.org for $125 per person, or $1000 for a table of ten.

Just Released! Luc Leestemaker: A Retrospective Hardbound cloth-wrapped book packaged in printed cardboard box. Introduced and edited by Peter Frank. Over 250 color plates spanning a period of 16 years. Essays and poems by the artist. Includes a DVD. Book: Hardbound cloth wrapped book packaged in printed cardboard box. Introduced and edited by Peter Frank. Over 250 color plates spanning a period of 16 years. Essays and poems by the artist. DVD: “Four Paintings By Leestemaker”, a classical composition by award-winning composer Vincent Ho. Animation by Edber Mamisao. 30 minute documentary “Conversation with Luc Leestemaker” written, produced and directed by Emily Lau. To order your copy, click here.

Just Released! Luc Leestemaker: Limited Collector's Edition 200 leather-bound copies only, numbered and signed by the artist. Each set comes with an original work of art, in a frame. Book and artwork are cased in specially designed box. Only available through Skylark Press and affiliated galleries. To order your copy, click here.

Lecture Series

Madison Gallery Artist Lecture Series presents Dutch/American Artist Luc Leestemaker July 27, 2007.

Madison Gallery will host artist Luc Leestemaker as part of the Artist Lecture Series on Friday - July 27, 2007 (6-9 p.m.) at 1020 Prospect in La Jolla, California.  Celebrating the release of his new coffee table book and DVD, and the result of a unique collaboration between the artist and the composer Vincent Ho on a large screen, collectors will have the opportunity to view and acquire his recent works on canvas.  

Not unlike other European and Dutch artists, (particularly Willem de Kooning), living and working in the U.S., created a dramatic transition. His stylistic journey would take him from early inspiration by the CoBrA movement; through densely abstract expressionist art compositions; to the current Inner Landscape and Transfigurations Series, which are situated on the borderline of realism and abstraction and inspired both by Mark Rothko and 18th Century Dutch and English landscape painters such as Ruysdael, Turner and Constable. With his contemporary landscapes as a solid foundation, his recent “Voyagers” and “Map of the Wind” Series introduce a new generation of abstract expressionism, in which landscape and abstraction increasingly merge.

1020 Prospect St, Suite 130
La Jolla, CA 92037

RSVP: 858-459-0836
madisongallery@sbcglobal.net

Solo Exhibition

1020 Prospect St, Suite 130
La Jolla, CA 92037

Solo Exhibition: Recent & Current Works

Opening Reception: Friday, June 22, 6 - 9 PM
RSVP: (858) 459-0836

Charlie Haden Album Cover Artwork

Winner of the 2005 Grammy for "Best Contemporary Latin Jazz" Album of the year

The music CD "Land Of The Sun" by Charlie Haden; transcriptions of compositions by a number of Mexican composers, was recently released.

Famed jazz composer and musician,Charlie Haden, a collector of the artist's work, asked Leestemaker  to listen to the recorded music, and create the artwork for the CD.

Land of the Sun (La Tierra del Sol. Charlie Haden, Gonzalo Rubalcaba). Verve / Universal 0249820825

2005 Richard Wilbur Award

The prestigious 2005 Richard Wilbur Award was given to Chelsea Rathburn, for her collection of poetry The Shifting Line, published by the University of Evansville Press. In a collaboration between the poet and the artist, Luc Leestemaker created the artwork for the cover of this exquisitely produced publication.

Copies are available trough local bookstores nationwide or directly from the publisher at http://english.evansville.edu/ShiftingLineOrderForm.htm

Banner Estrella Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona

Work was recently completed for the new Banner Estrella Medical Center, in Phoenix, Arizona. Unique in this project is the eye for detail in design and art.

Leestemaker was commissioned to create a 10 x 10 ft. painting for the lobby entrance, as well as 12 additional artworks installed in other areas throughout the building.

The project was executed by Tiffiny Lendrum, of Lendrum Fine Art, in Los Angeles.

Award Winning Composer Vincent Ho

Canadian composer Vincent Ho is currently writing a composition, inspired by paintings of Luc Leestemaker. The composer, who won the prestigious 2005 “Robert Fleming Prize” for most outstanding young Canadian Composer, and the 2004 ASCAP Foundation “Morton Gould Young Composer Award” for his composition “Dragon Realms” has now been commissioned by the Royal Conservatory to write a new composition based on and inspired by Leestemaker’s work, which will be performed at a number of art music festivals throughout China in 2006. Various concerts are planned for Canada and the US as well.

From notes by Vincent Ho to the artist:

"...I am so absolutely thrilled! Your works have been wonderful inspirations for me. As a consequence, I have just completed one movement of my piece inspired by your painting, BIRDSONG No.9. When I initially saw it, I felt a pervasion of youthful optimism; an energetic lyricism colored by tastefully seasoned dissonances. For some reason, I also saw the summation of one journey and the re-awakening of an inner-child; like the end of one phase and the re-embracement of long-lost one. As well, there is a folkloric quality about it that adds to its rustic character. For the music, I responded in a similar vein. The piece is fast and energetic, built on Chinese folk rhythms and sonorities, and seasoned with delicious dissonances to give it that added excitement. It expresses a youthful energitic quality that harkens an earlier musical period of mine; a period when I still viewed music with a child-like sense of wonder and excitement before the realities of life jaded my perspectives. I can't wait for you to hear this...!"

MUSEUM RETROSPECTIVE

BAKERSFIELD MUSEUM OF ART
A survey of fourteen years of expressionist and impressionist painting in America
February 26 - April 20, 2004

Please contact for more information.

WEST VALLEY ART MUSEUM
Scheduled Exhibition: August 6 – September 12, 2004

West Valley Art Museum
17420 N. Avenue of the Arts
Surprise (Phoenix), AZ 85374
(623) 972-0635

Please contact Mr. David Tooker for more information.

725 Canyon Road
Santa Fe, NM 87501
505.988.7275
www.gallerymoda.com

Selection of work on permanent display. Please contact the gallery for details.

NEW RIVER FINE ART

Selection of work on permanent display. Please contact the gallery for details.

New River Fine Art
914 East Los Olas Blvd.
Ft. Lauderdale
(954) 524-2100
(800) 527-8835
www.newrivergallery.com

Impressionist and Expressionist art work by Luc Leestemaker is also represented by the Naples gallery:

New River Fine Art
604 Fifth Avenue South
Naples, Florida
(239) 435-4515

PERSTERER
International Art Management
Bahnhofstrasse 37
8001 Zurich
Switzerland
TEL: (011) (0) 44 212 5292
FAX: (011) (0) 44 212 5294
email: art@persterer.com

Selection of works is on permanent display. Please contact the gallery for more
information.

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