 Portfolio of
Leilla T. Gabriel
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
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Oils & Acrylics
Photography
Graphic Arts
Pastels
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Artist Statement
The French existentialist, Jean-Paul Sartre, described the state of authenticity as "the ultimate consummation of freedom" and as "drawing your purpose for being out of nothingness and creating something free from the bonds that restrain you to your past".
If this is the case, Sartre would have described my career as an artist as a tour de force of authenticity. I have plunged into artistic expression authentically, yearning to connect with my subjects to capture their uniqueness using whatever medium I think will best express their essence. Void of expectation, I feel that I am able to extract the extraordinary from the ordinary.
My work represents a vast scope of visual experiences that I can not pin down to a single monolithic style.
Biography
Leilla Gabriel was born 1949, in the lake country of Ontario, Canada. From a young age, she has followed her gypsy soul and called many different countries home.
She graduated with a degree in Fine Arts from Western University and furthered her education in photography at York University and sculpture at Concordia University.
Leilla has since enjoyed a varied career as a teacher of art, a food stylist, a documentary film still photographer, an interior decorator and an artist.
Currently, she lives in Boquete - a small village nestled among the coffee plantations and jungle in the mountains of Panama. She passionately works at expressing the unique world surrounding her through her art preserving the rapidly changing face of this newly discovered destination.
Inspiration for Leilla has also come from a wide scope of other artists - especially those thinking outside of the box. These include Lawren Harris, cinematographers Dion Beebe and John Seale, Basquiat and Picasso.
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