Prey VI printDetails Artist Bio Shipping 11 x 14 inches 2011 Gouache and Acrylic on Wood Leilani Bustamante was born in Santa Rosa California and is a graduate of the Academy of Art University. She grew up between the suburban sprawl and rural Fort Bragg, where she draws inspiration from their simultaneous decay and growth. Her work often voices themes of mortality exploring elements of death, rebirth, beauty and spoil, the loveliness of the macabre and the
12 x 13 inches (Oval)
rationalized traditions
tragedy and comedy
the loveliness of the macabre and the mournful influence of osteological motifs
They are effigies from a lost age
and studied every single medium but painting at the University of New Mexico
dozens of juried art shows
Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau (Madame X) (1859-1915)
but a human representation of death
over the course of her career as a cook
He currently resides in San Francisco
At eighteen she moved to Los Angeles where she earned her Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts from Otis College of Art & Design