Author Archives: jlesikin08
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Dividing the Minute We Cannot Prolong
Posted on April 8, 2022 by jlesikin08 in oil on cotton, Oil Paintings, Single Panel Paintings.Dividing the Minute We Cannot Prolong oil on cotton 24 x 48 in. $3,200.
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Green Clouds, Yellow Sky
Posted on April 8, 2022 by jlesikin08 in Oil on Linen, Oil Paintings, Single Panel Paintings.Green Clouds, Yellow Sky oil on linen 24 x 20 in. $1350.
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A Caring Sister
Posted on April 8, 2022 by jlesikin08 in Oil on Linen, Oil Paintings, Shaped-frame Paintings, Uncategorized. Continue Reading... Comments Off on A Caring Sister -
My First Lie
Posted on September 20, 2021 by jlesikin08 in Diptych, Multi-Panel Paintings, Oil on Linen.My First Lie oil on linen 20 x 53 in. panels: 20 x 28 in., 20 x 24 in. $3,800. I remember the first time I lied. I was three years old, alone in my parents’ bed on a weekend afternoon. Uncle Joe looked in to announce dinner. I pretended to be asleep. My mother […]
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Absence Excuse Note
Posted on June 29, 2021 by jlesikin08 in Diptych, Multi-Panel Paintings, Oil on Linen, Oil Paintings.Absence Excuse Note oil on linen Diptych (20 x 24 in., 20 x 48 in.) $4,000. We children handwrote our own absence excuse notes. Mine always said “Joan was absent from school because she was not feeling well.” I would stand at my mother’s bedside pleading to add the specific ailment like flu, cold, or […]
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Endurance
Posted on March 18, 2021 by jlesikin08 in Multi-Panel Paintings, Oil on Linen, Oil Paintings, Triptych.Endurance oil on linen triptych: 28 x 60 inches. panels: 24 x 20 in., 28 x 20 in., 24 x 20 in. $5,500. Before my sister and I and our boyfriends crowded into the rear of dad’s Cadillac, my boyfriend grabbed me and fervently kissed me, just as our parents approached. I didn’t push away […]
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Dinner & a Show
Posted on March 18, 2021 by jlesikin08 in Oil on Linen, Oil Paintings, Single Panel Paintings.Dinner & a Show oil on linen 48 x 20 in. $3,500. My mother bragged that she never showed off pictures of her children when out on the town – dinner and a Broadway show – with my father and his client and wife. Invariably the wife pulled out her photos. My mother wanted to […]
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That She Did
Posted on November 23, 2020 by jlesikin08 in Oil on Linen, Oil Paintings, Single Panel Paintings.That She Did oil on linen 48 x 20 in. $3,500. He told me what fine breasts I had as he cupped them in his hands. I lay supine. He was my doctor. I was in high school. My mother chose to wait in the waiting room. My mother was a four-pack-a-day smoker. In those […]
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Homage to COVID-19
Posted on November 11, 2020 by jlesikin08 in Multi-Panel Paintings, Oil on Canvas, Oil Paintings.Homage to COVID-19 oil on cotton on 6 panelseach panel: 16 x 20 inches (hung 1 inch apart, askew)50 x 41 inches approx.$5,000.
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One-cloud Sky
Posted on May 19, 2020 by jlesikin08 in Oil on Linen, Oil Paintings, Single Panel Paintings. Continue Reading... Comments Off on One-cloud Sky