LESLIE PETERSON SAPP
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Evolve or Die!

1/9/2023

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"Evolve or die" is a common quote. I’m not sure I would die if I didn’t evolve, but stagnation is something I cannot exactly live with either.

Since the beginning of my art career, I have had two main bodies of work, which I call “Vintage Snapshots” and “Film Noir.” Now I am commencing on a whole new body of work! I don’t really have a catchy name for it yet, but it is inspired by my fascination with archeology and history.


I made a blog entry almost a year ago entitled “I’m in Love with Archeology.” In it I displayed some sketches, inspired by a book about Sutton Hoo, a famous Anglo-Saxon burial site, depicted in the 2021 movie The Dig. Since that seminal series of sketches, my desire to follow that path has grown and grown, and now I cannot deny it any longer.

My aim is to create art not just about the subject itself, but also about how my mind works, what I find interesting, and why.

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Sutton Hoo sketch 2022
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Acrylic medium test panel 2023
This will involve using not just drawing and painting, but text, layering, and perhaps some maps or schematic diagrams as well.

This is a test piece where I am experimenting with different types of acrylic mediums, layered with text and drawing.
Notice I make a lot of pencil notes on it, to keep track of what combinations I have used.

For the first time in many years, I genuinely have no idea what I am doing. It will be an adventure into the unknown.
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