About Jimmy Leslie Jimmy’s Resume Jimmy's Images Jimmy's DVD Filming	Jimmy Leslie has spent his professional career as both and artist and an educator. He is a graduate of Monmouth University and the Graduate School of Figurative Art of the New York Academy of Art. After almost 15 years of teaching in the Art & Design departments of Monmouth University, St John’s University and Brookdale Community College, owning and running the Leslie Art Studio in 2006/2007 and also working with gifted students in the Monmouth County Arts High School program Jimmy left the academic world behind. In January 2009 he began his new role as Resident Artist/Technical Support Manager at Colart Americas, Inc. in Piscataway, NJ. Colart is the North American distributor of Winsor & Newton and Liquitex paints as well as other brands. Jimmy’s work has been exhibited throughout New Jersey, as well as in New York, Oregon, Texas, Nebraska, Idaho, Florida, Missouri and North Carolina. Recent shows include one-person exhibitions at Market in the Middle, Asbury Park, NJ, the 2009 Monmouth Festival of the Arts, Tinton Falls, NJ and numerous group shows at the APeX Gallery in Asbury Park, NJ. Most recently Jimmy finished shooting four instructional art DVDs in conjunction with Winsor & Newton and Jerry’s Artarama art supplies in Raleigh, N.C. Jimmy is also listed in the 2007/2008 edition of Who’s Who in American Artists and his work has been published on the cover of the 2007 spring catalog for Brookdale Community College as well as the 2007 college calendar. It’s important for all artists to continue to experiment in order to grow and I find myself moving in several directions simultaneously as I do so. Landscape provides me with the opportunity to capture places around me both near and far while offering the challenge of dealing with changing light. Figurative work was my first love and I continue to be intrigued by its complexities. Mixed media collage lets me explore the possibilities within the juxtaposition of found objects, while purely abstract paintings allow me to solely focus on the formal properties of paint that excites my senses. But regardless of my subject matter it’s all really just an excuse to put paint on canvas, paper, or any other surface that interests me. When I look at my surroundings it’s color, geometry and composition that capture my attention in whatever form they appear. I sometimes find myself more interested in the process rather than the finished product. The love is in the labor of working with my hands and struggling to move, manipulate, and arrange forms until I find a resolution that suits my aesthetic sensibilities. Simply put I go into my studio with a very working-class mentality; I try to solve a problem with simple materials and hope that in the end I feel satisfied with a job well done.
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