Nov 29

All this week A Word A Day will feature my curiotype paintings: figurative letters illustrating each days word, over a background of dictionary text.
External Link: Leah Palmer Preiss – Curious Art featured on A Word A Day
Cats: Editor's Choice, Illustration, Recent News
Tags: alphabet, curious, fantasy, Illustration, lettering, Type, words
Sep 21

I’ve just completed an alphabet of figural script letters illustrating scientific terms in a fanciful style.
External Link: Leah Palmer Preiss – Curiotype Alphabet
Cats: Editor's Choice, Illustration, Recent News
Tags: alphabet, curious, fantasy, Illustration, lettering, Type
Jun 07

I’ve just embarked upon a year-long project, “Oddments & Curiosities”– “I’m daring myself to post an odd little creature of some kind on every odd day until my next birthday, or until I go completely mad, whichever comes first!”
External Link: Leah Palmer Preiss – New Blog: Oddments & Curiosities
Cats: Editor's Choice, Illustration, Recent News
Tags: 365, Blog, characters, curious art, odd, project
Mar 31

I’ve begun a series of blog posts about my experiments with iPad painting apps. I’ll be reviewing at least seven apps overall, & discussing iPad painting from the perspective of an artist/illustrator who uses both digital & traditional media. This image was created with the Brushes app, using my fingers & the Nomad Brush. (Background text imported.)
External Link: Leah Palmer Preiss – iMad Scientist: CuriousArtLab’s iPad paint app experiments
Cats: Editor's Choice, Illustration, Recent News
Tags: App, Blog, CuriousArtLab, digital art, ipad, Paint App
Sep 08

This fellow is called Goodly Creature, the first in my new series Zoorobotany. He’s “genetically engineered” in acrylic, over a printed background of antique texts & diagrams, collaged onto an assembly of six 6×6″ canvases. Altogether he measures 18×24 inches.
You can meet him in person at Bold Hype Gallery… Continue reading »
Cats: Editor's Choice, Events, Fine Art, Illustration, Recent News
Tags: collage, Gallery, NYC