Unique paintings and more, by contemporary artist Shelly Leitheiser
Polar Struggle
Polar Struggle is a depiction of how the habitat for polar bears, seals and penguins is changing and in a state of climate chaos as the ice melts. The movement in the image depicts these chaotic changes. It is part of my Endangered series. This is acrylic on canvas-covered painting board, 2012. If you would [...]
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Grizzly
This painting is called “Grizzly” and is part of a new project called Endangered, which will be seen, partially, in St. Cloud this summer. It will be an ongoing series, in addition to Imbalance and Image-inations, to be seen this year at Minnesota shows. This is acrylic on watercolor paper and was completely in [...]
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Swimming in Kelp
This is a watercolor of two lovely kelp farmers — kelp being one type of energy of the future — swimming in a kelp farm. Kelp farms are mostly underwater so obviously these two are able to breath underwater, another possibility given what people in the future are facing with sea level rise. Climate scientists [...]
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Punta Uva Swimmers
This is the beautiful beach in Costa Rica at Punta Uva, a pristine place in the southeast of the country. Brief storms are frequent here, which explains the dramatic sky, and the swimmers are unconcerned because the water is so wonderful and warm. An expressive, contemporary, and semi-realistic painting that will remind you of your [...]
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Habitat
This is part of a new series about human beings’ relationship to the environment and how we are inextricably linked to nature in every way because we are of nature. This one is called Habitat. The earth is our habitat, whether or not some people want to think of that as nature or not, and [...]
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Sunset Woman
This is a start of a new series about peoples’ relationship to the environment and how we are inextricably linked to nature in every way because we are of nature. This one is called Sunset Woman. It’s a 22″ x 28″ acrylic painting on canvas and as yet unframed. Contact me with any questions or [...]
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