Beatriz Ledesma Studio

07/24/2022

Stola Contemporary Art- Democracy in Danger- virtual catalogue.

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07/18/2022

"Freedom for Sale #8"- work on paper. In view at Stola Contemporary Art exhibit: Democracy in Danger

07/13/2022

Magic Mirror @ the Cincinnati Museum of Art. What a wonderful discovery.

A small bronze mirror, locked away in storage at the Cincinnati Art Museum, had always seemed unremarkable. But the artifact had a secret hiding in plain sight.

06/26/2022

What a terrific enhancement!

Artists Dahlia Elsayed and Saya Woolfalk are the first to be included in Art at Amtrak, a rotating series of site-specific installations in the subterranean Midtown station.

05/22/2022

My mother had an aluminum kettle where she boiled water for tea or coffee. When one of my cousins relocated she gave it to him as she wanted to continue to be a presence in his life. I actually never thought he valued the gesture. By the time I visited him in his new location, the kettle was not place to be found- he did not know so... Who knows where the kettle ended up! I never wanted her to give him the kettle and I was right. In thinking about that kitchen object today, I went back to a 2012 series of watercolor studies I did about the kettle.
Here there are two paintings: "Angel Kettle" and "By the Trees"-watercolors on paper, 9 by 12 in.

04/20/2022

"Eye" (oil on wood. c 2022) is a continuation of my working with the image of an embalmed bird - a tradition of many Native Tribes to hang an embalmed bird by the front door of their house as a way to honor the avian free spirit. And in working with the image, I am reminded of the spiritual meaning of birds: elevation, enlightenment, hope, and wisdom.
Enjoy it!

03/20/2022

The resiliant spirit of artists under war.

As Russian forces continue attacking Ukraine, Ukrainian artists have been visualizing the resilience of their nation and how their lives have been turned upside down by war.