Nicolás Leiva American, b. 1958
Bajo mi casa hay ideas extrañas, 2013
Charcoal on paper
39.5 x 59.5 in
100.3 x 151.1 cm
100.3 x 151.1 cm
The immediacy of drawing allows artists to explore the power of the artist’s hand, merging their process with paper. Nicholas Leiva’s vessels, boats, abstract forms, and flying carriages are transformed...
The immediacy of drawing allows artists to explore the power of the artist’s hand, merging their process with paper. Nicholas Leiva’s vessels, boats, abstract forms, and flying carriages are transformed into playful charcoal illustrations. His imaginative world unfolds in infinite realms like a Möbius strip. His work, "Bajo mi Casa hay Ideas Extrañas," is a fantastical landscape that utilizes gestural, organic, and geometric forms. Leiva presents a host of archetypes in his emblems of flight, safety, and delight.
Exhibitions
Nicolás Leiva: Infinite Cycle, Ruiz-Healy Art, San Antonio, TX; curator: Patricia Ruiz-Healy, 2014 (catalogue)Publications
Exhibition Catalogue, Nicolás Levia: Infinite Cycle. Southwest School of Art | Ruiz-Healy Art, edited by Patricia Ruiz-Healy, 2014, p. 21 (illustrated)
