Leslie Waugh Dallam
Leslie Waugh Dallam derives her ideas for her artwork from her childhood memories and experiences from her adulthood living primarily in Oklahoma.
Leslie Waugh Dallam is a Mixed Media artist who explores mixed media in her artwork.
She uses simple geometric and organic shapes while incorporating recycled materials with splashes of color and texture and adds hand stitching to give it a finished look.
Water is Sacred
Leslie was born in Albuquerque New Mexico. As a young child she started her life in rural Oklahoma running around barefoot with her twin sister and their pet crow. Her parents, whom were part Native American, would take her back to New Mexico to visit her relatives, learn about the culture, arts and the environment. Santa Fe New Mexico was where they would often visit. She learned as a young adult when visiting her relatives how sacred the water was in New Mexico. This idea has stayed with her and has led her to use recycled materials in her artwork. She received her BA in Studio art and her M.Ed. at East Central University in Ada Oklahoma.
She is currently working on land and water formations. She uses her photographs from Colorado as her inspiration for her forest and water designs. In her land formations she uses simple triangular shapes for her trees and primarily assembles her forest with recycled materials with splashes of color and texture. In her water formations she uses acrylic paint and embroidery string. She has started a new series for 2019 using water with fish in her land formations.
After teaching art for 36 years, Leslie is retired and is a full time artist, relishing the time she has to create her artwork.
Exhibits, Honors and Awards
2019
The Vault Entwined
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition Professional Basics Grant
Paseo Gallery One
Stash Art Show
Norman, Arts Council
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition – DRTC
2018
Member of the Norman Art Guild
Member Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition
Member IAO
Norman Arts Council (The One Event) Invitational Show
Price Tower Bartlesville Oklahoma
Six Twelve Mardi Gras
2017
Movable Feast Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma
Nasty Women’s Art Show at Current Studio
Oklahoma Inspired Juried Show
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition 12×12
Paseo Gallery One
Print on Paseo
Prairie Arts Collective
Stash
2016
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition 24 Works on Paper
Prairie Arts Collective
Paseo Gallery One
Print on Paseo
Seven State Biennial Exhibition
Studio 112 !/2
2015
“Goodnight Norman”, Norman Public Schools book illustration
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition 12×12
2014
Biennial National Weather Show
Norman Arts Council
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition 12×12
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition 24 Works on Paper
Seven-State Biennial Exhibition
Entwined
June 13 - July 29, 2019
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