Gabe Leonard’s paintings draw us into a world rich with cinematic atmosphere and narrative intrigue. Attracted to the rugged and romantic elements of film noir, he merges technically brilliant figurative painting with a finely crafted ambience, creating a freeze frame full of narrative possibilities. He captures the richness of the mood by combining the free brushwork of an expressive artist with the lighting and framing of a seasoned Hollywood director.
THE CINEMATIC ARTIST
Gabe Leonard’s paintings take you into a world rich with inimitable atmosphere and narrative intrigue. What tales lie behind
Leonard spent his early years in the mountain state of Wyoming, sketching wildlife and selling them to his school friends for a dollar. After graduating from Columbus College, Ohio with a BA in Fine Art, he moved to Los Angeles where he first honed his skills on the ultra-competitive boardwalk of Venice Beach. His work captures rich moods by combining the free brushwork of an expressive artist combined with the lighting and framing of a seasoned Hollywood cinematographer. Drawn to rugged and romantic film noir characters, Leonard merges technically brilliant figurative painting with a finely crafted cinematic atmosphere, creating snapshot moments full of narrative possibilities.
The trademark runs and drips in his work are a deliberate break from academic restrictions and allow him to be more expressive, free and loose. Leonard’s style is deeply rooted in the European artistic tradition, drawing particularly on the work of his heroes such as Rembrandt, Alphonse Mucha, Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. Following a string of sell-out shows and acquisitions of his work by high profile collectors such as Eli Broad, Quentin Tarantino, Charlie Sheen and Ruben Fleischer, Leonard has become one of the most sought-after artists in the world, collected in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
these interesting characters? And where will their stories take them?
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‘Lefty’ owned by actor Charlie Sheen
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Shoot Out’ featured in Better Home & Garden Magazine
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ainting of billionaire art P philanthropist Eli Broad for the cover of CSQ Magazine
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An Educated Guess Hand Embellished Canvas Board Edition of 49 28” x 21” Framed £725
IT TAKES MORE THAN TALENT Hand Embellished Canvas Board Edition of 49 30” x 18” Framed £675
Point Instance Hand Embellished Canvas Board Edition of 75 30” x 18” Framed £675
the PROFESSIONAL Hand Embellished Canvas Board Edition of 49 11” x 21” Framed £475
CoRNER POCKET Hand Embellished Canvas Board Edition of 49 11” x 21” Framed £475
A WORLD RIFE WITH ADVENTURE Gabe is one of California’s most exciting artistic voices, with an innovative style, impressive technique and huge impact that set him apart from his contemporaries. If his artwork calls the big screen to mind, then ‘Power Love and Success’ represents his foray into film noir, introducing us to a cast of characters who lead their lives in a world rife with vice and adventure.
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ALIBI Hand Embellished Canvas Board Edition of 175 25” x 17” Framed £575
LIP GLOSS IS FOR GIRLS Hand Embellished Canvas Board Edition of 75 30” x 23” Framed £795
When Gabe creates an original
painting he combines the free brushwork of an expressive artist with a meticulous attention to
detail. Beginning with the background, he covers the canvas with a blend of blues and green which will be continually reinvented throughout the progress of the work. Onto this he paints the
approximate black outline of a figure which is then partially filled out with areas of black. Other colour is then added to different sections of the canvas clarifying key details such as the handsome face of the figure. The whole canvas is then over-painted with thinned out oils creating the trademark runs and drips which are a deliberate break from academic restrictions and allow him to be more expressive,
free and loose. He then lays it down and sizes the entire canvas with a glue which both keeps the colour on the surface of the work and forms the base for the next stage into the evolution of the work.
Gabe then creates background texture in a variety of
ways; in this image he hand tears and applies gold
leaf to the entire background to reinforce the outline
of the figure, leaving the man in sharp relief against a completely gold backdrop. After a major application of shading on the figure to further clarify the light and shadow Gabe repaints the background over the gold leaf, with thinned out oils; he turns the canvas upside down then the right way up to maximise the
effectiveness of the dripping paint. Some finessing completes the composition and its impact more than
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repays the innovative, time consuming and highly skilled creative process.
CLOSERS ONLY Hand Embellished Canvas Board Edition of 175 25” x 13” Framed £525
Against The World Hand Embellished Canvas Board Edition of 175 25” x 17” Framed £575
SHARK TANK Hand Embellished Canvas Board Edition of 175 36” x 26” Framed £895
Outlaws & Mobsters Take your life in your hands and join us on a dramatic journey The Outlaws and Mobsters collections made a massive impact when it was released last year, selling out almost immediately to collectors. Moving from the gun slinging outlaws of the Old West to the outlaws and mavericks of modern life, it drew us into a world of danger, drama and excitement that proved irresistible to collectors.
Negotiation
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Justice aint Blind
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‘Health Hazard’ owned by movie director Ruben Fleischer
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‘Double Fist: rated R’ owned by movie director Quentin Tarantino
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BONNIE and CLYDE
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HE WHO HESITATES
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Never Take Me Alive SOLD OUT
