Leah Macdonald
I am a portrait artist. I primarily photograph women and embellish the photographs with layers of beeswax, colored wax, painting and drawing. Adding wax for texture and color for mood changes the black and white photographs. Wax embellishes and veils my subjects and I draw to decorate and control the image. The ability to layer mediums and constantly change appearance and texture allows me to stray from reality and reach the playground of imagination. I am interested in images from nature and designs that have floral and intricate forms.
I have enjoyed a varied career path within the arts. I shoot digital commercial photography and I own a small company that designs handmade art books and wedding albums. I taught photography for 7 years at the Art Institute of Philadelphia. I am currently the Education Curriculum Director at the Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center. In 2017 I was selected as the recipient of the NewCourtland Fellowship by The Center for Emerging Visual Artists. Now, over twenty years into my career as an artist and art educator, I have taught and exhibited all over the world — from being invited to do a live encaustic painting demonstration on the Martha Stewart show to working in the theater as the scenic director of In My Body: The Musical.
Nancy Neill's most recent solo exhibition was held May 5 - 30, 2021. A selection of her works is currently available at the gallery as indicated. For inquiries on all other works shown, please Contact Us.
Bird, encaustic photograph, 11" x 9" SOLD
Tulips, encaustic photograph, 48" x 24" SOLD
Black Flowers, encaustic photograph, 10" x 8" SOLD
Daydream, encaustic photograph, 14" x 11" Available
Dream Flowers, encaustic photograph, 24" x 24"
Floating Dress, encaustic photograph, 13" x 8.5"
Darkness, encaustic photograph, 10" x 10" SOLD
Inner Fire, encaustic photograph, 14" x 11" Available
Key Hole, encaustic photograph, 20" x 16" Available
Empty Dress, encaustic photograph, 36" x 24" Available
Kaia, encaustic photography, 16" x 16"
Lace, encaustic photography, 10" x 8" SOLD
Spirals, encaustic photograph, 10" x 8" SOLD
Stella's Garden, encaustic photograph, 11" x 14" SOLD
Trio, encaustic photograph, 18" x 12"
Still Life, encaustic photograph, 10" x 10" Available
Untitled, encaustic photograph accordion book, 6" x 4"
Imagination, encaustic photograph, 11" x 6"
Black Lace, encaustic photograph, 16" x 16" Available
Garden, encaustic photograph, 10" x 8"
Fire, encaustic photograph, 20" x 16"
Hard to be Me, encaustic photograph, 10" x 10"
Dream Dots, encaustic photograph, 10" x 10"
Robe, encaustic photograph, 60" x 48"
Have and Have Not, encaustic photograph, 60" x 96"
Memorial, encaustic photograph, 48" x 24"
Have and Have Not, encaustic photograph, 10" x 16"
Shadow, encaustic photograph, 16" x 12" SOLD
Offering, encaustic photograph, 10" x 8"
Two Worlds, encaustic photograph, 20" x 16"
Split, encaustic photograph, 20" x 16"
Red Flowers, encaustic photograph, 20" x 16"
Lace, encaustic photograph, 10" x 10" SOLD
Flower Balloons, encaustic photograph, 10" x 10"
Feather Helmet, encaustic photograph, 10" x 8" SOLD
Dream Dress, encaustic photograph, 20" x 16" SOLD
Dancer, encaustic photograph, 24" x 16" SOLD
Window, encaustic photograph, 6" x 6" SOLD
Black Flower, encaustic on board, 5" x 3" SOLD
Flower Abstract 1, encaustic photograph on wood panel, 24" x 18" SOLD
Halloween, encaustic photograph on wood panel, 12" x 12" SOLD
Hidden, encaustic photograph on wood panel, 20" x 16" SOLD
Organic, encaustic on board, 7" x 5" SOLD
Orange Skirt, encaustic photograph on wood panel, 24" x 18" SOLD
Red Flower, encaustic on board, 5" x 3" SOLD
Feather, encaustic on board, 5" x 3" SOLD
Pale Blue, encaustic on board, 6" x 6" SOLD