Leah Macdonald

Leah Macdonald during her exhibition at Cerulean Arts

My work is a dialogue between my imagination, my curiosity, my imperfections and my desires. I express the tales of womanhood, sharing stories through form, color and texture.

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.

Leah Macdonald Resume

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"

Weeping, encaustic photograph, 14" x 11"

Still Life, encaustic photograph, 12" x 12" 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