Author: outlier

March 9th – April 20th, 2019

Jeff Davenport is a Los Angeles based photographer. After graduating from the University of Colorado at Boulder with Film and Art History degrees, he focused most of his creative output as a musician in Denver. Inspired by the vivid terrain and its expanding arts scene, Jeff moved to Los Angeles in 2016 to concentrate on his photography. Jeff works primarily in urban landscape and portraiture, often emphasizing the plasticity of color and perception.

Nights is a collection of street photographs shot over the last four years during late night walks through the neighborhoods of Los Angeles and beyond. These photographs explore the sublime in the nondescript corners of the everyday.

Working only with the predetermined light of city planners, business and home owners, the work reveals how the transactional light of security and safety can transcend into the fantastic and the extraordinary. Influenced by directors like Michael Mann, the painters of the Ashcan School, Richard Estes’ photorealism and the filmic mega-productions of Gregory Crewdson, Nights is a homage to our inner lives and imaginations — stills of the films playing in our heads.

Limited Edition Fine Art Prints

These photographs were shot exclusively for this show and are being sold as highly limited editions. Each is an Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag Baryta fine art paper. Printed by The Icon in Los Angeles, supervised by the artist.

Open Edition Small Prints

Each 8”x10” print is signed by the artist. These are unlimited editions and were shot over a period of 4 years in Los Angeles, Portland and Denver. These are non-exclusive to this show.

C-Prints on Kodak Endura Paper

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For purchasing, contact us at:

ifoundleon@gmail.com

A collaborative project by Schoph + Jamie Lynn

Opening Reception: Thursday, January 31st, 2019
7-11pm

Exhibition: January 31st- March 2nd, 2019

“Cut From the Same Cloth” – (idiomatic, of two or more persons or things, Very similar; possessing many of the same fundamental characteristics)

An art show brought to you by 1910 – the collaborative works of Jamie M. Lynn and Schoph Schofield.

Working together under the name 1910, Schoph and Jamie bring a showcase selection of the past years works .The collaborative work of the pair go hand in hand and together, or apart, they have one of the most recognizable styles in the snow industry today.

Through all the creative material being forged on the daily, Jamie Lynn strikes a chord throughout the industry. His legendary status and decades working alongside Lib Tech, Vans, Volcom and Dragon has produced some of the most iconic / famed artworks in the snow world. Inspiring and laying down a path for generations to come.

Over the past few years Jamie teamed up with close friend and renowned global artist Schoph. Yorkshire, UK born, a polarizing figure in the snow and skate scene and today is more influential for the snowboard art community than just about any other artist out there, curating group shows bringing industry artists together, along with producing years of work for mutual long standing benefactors Lib Tech, Vans , Volcom, and Dragon to name a few.

Schoph’s distinct bold style compliments Lynn’s as they go back and forth. The two are equal parts creative as they are elusive and mystifying, an unstoppable force where their works are concerned.

Together they are 1910, two mates having a good time all the time, showcasing creativity and having an opportunity to share the good times through artistic endeavors to like-minded individuals. They both welcome you to “Cut from the same cloth”, a selection of works of originals and print”.

Photo Credit – Amanda Tipton Photography

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Paintings by Cymon Padilla

Opening Reception: December 1st, 2018 7pm-11pm

Exhibition: December 1st, 2018 – January 26th, 2019

Leon is excited to present the first solo exhibition of Cymon Padilla’s paintings in Denver, CO. Cymon’s work exudes an irreverent and giddy wit, through the sampling of iconic images that span multiple centuries, while also invoking modern day pop culture. Diverse and dissonant elements are distilled into lean, impactful compositions, which themselves reference various artistic movements such as Dada collage, AbEx formalism, Surrealism, or Pop Art illustration, then morphed by the technological tools of computerized manipulation.

Artist Statement

My current body of work aims to fuse disparate elements of our shared visual culture, whether seen through screens connected to vacuum tubes, the pixels on a phone, or the pages of an art history book. Using traditional oil painting techniques to represent collage, digital manipulation, and trompe l’oeil, I combine, collapse, and remix the imitated world onto the flat surface of the picture plane, mashing classical European figurative work with the golden age of Disney, Saturday morning cartoons, pop art, and vintage advertisement.

Bio

Cymon Padilla was born in Colorado Springs in 1983. He received his Associate of Arts from Pikes Peak Community College in 2012, and has shown his work regionally ever since. When not at his day job or in the studio, Cymon spends much of his time wondering what his dog is thinking.

IG: @cymonpadilla

June 16th – July 28th, 2018

Paintings by Patrick Wilkins

Fresh from a successful group exhibition at Chicago’s Heaven Gallery, Patrick Wilkins, a recent MFA recipient in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, will be mounting his first solo exhibition at Leon on June 16th, 2018.

The exhibition will run for six weeks from June 16th, through July 28th, 2018, and will feature a wide variety of paintings created by the artist over the past two years. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, June 16th, from 7-11pm.

The focus of Wilkins’ work is the expression of stress and anxiety that comes from leading two very different lives: holding down blue collar jobs and being a painter. Wilkins utilizes a formal painting language and cartoon imagery to create and unstable cacophony of patterns, colors, and marks. Adding to the compositions, he collages found objects, drawings, and craft materials into his work. The results have a bright and playful façade that upon further inspection reveals a contradictory critical content. Although the final result may be seen as a compromise, there is both a clashing discordance and a unifying harmony to be found in his deft balancing act.

Patrick Wilkins was born in Wiesbaden, Germany and grew up in Elkhart, Indiana. He earned his BA in Painting and Printmaking at Purdue University, and his MFA in Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He currently lives and paints in Chicago, Illinois.

Photo Credit: Amanda Tipton Photography

Travis Hetman’s Tom Waits Tuesdays – a limited edition print release

Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 – Tuesday, June 12th, 2018

Opening Reception – Tuesday, June 5th, 2018 5pm – 10pm

35 different prints in editions of seven.

Edition #1 of 7 of all 35 drawings are gathered together into a one-of-a-kind comprehensive collector’s edition portfolio – $2,000

Edition #2 of 7 of all 35 drawings are available as framed prints for $100 each.

Editions #3 through #7 are available as unframed prints for $50 each.

The music that spans across the years of Tom Waits’ career creates a labyrinth that I’ve come to be pleasantly lost inside while making art. There is an almost bottomless well of little poetic moments that beg to be illustrated and expanded upon.

For the pure joy of it I began posting drawings on the occasional Tuesday on my Instagram. The images were undoubtedly drenched in the stuff of particular Waits tunes, and it quickly became a tradition known as “Tom Waits Tuesday.” In a first-come-first-served style the original drawings were all posted, sold, and shipped to their various destinations. It only felt right to perhaps drop the needle on some vinyl, pack them all together into the proverbial station wagon, and head to Leon!

And so now, the entire collection gathered together here, and on view as one big happy family, all of the thirty-five Tom Waits Tuesdays original drawings are now released as limited edition prints. Get them while you can. When these numbered and signed limited edition prints are gone, that’s it, you’re SOL.

– Travis Hetman