Art van Leeuwen | Artist Bio from Canadian and Cork Ireland Artist - Art van Leeuwen

Artist Bio

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The artist in my Cork, County Cork, Ireland Studio

I love to create. 

Painting, drawing, writing poetry, making music. Creating spaces to stimulate your mind. 

I’ve always loved to make marks. When i was 6 years old, I ran up and down the stairs and halls of our six floor apartment building with my younger sister drawing with crayons as we ran. We got caught. Our mother made us go up and down those halls and walls with a bucket of soap and wash every mark off them. When we were finished, we returned to our apartment to find the walls there covered with paper as high as we could reach. Mom said “You want to draw on walls?  You can draw as much as you want here.” 

I have been making marks ever since. 

Always creating. One way or another. Giving to the world little pieces of myself to leave behind long after I cannot create anymore. 

These are testaments to me having lived a life. My children.

These are moments I’ve witnessed and captured.

My Work can be found as part of private collections throughout Canada and Ireland.