Artist #15 Leo Twiggs

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I selected a work from his Hugo Series to talk about for this post. The work is called Phillips Gate and it was made in 1990. I liked this series the most out all the ones in his gallery because I felt like it was the most playful. All of the works in this series are of images and people almost in a blur from moving way to fast or even like they are vanishing. Phillips gate is a very simple batik but I really like how Leo made the gate as simple as he did by just outlining it with the wax and then using color the most in the blur of the figure. This piece of work has a very whimsical feel to it but all the lines in it are very beautiful. I love that the color in the work is very limited and that it is mostly concentrated on the "blur" of the figure. I feel that this helps to bring your eye to that corner and that is what makes this piece of work so interesting.

Leo Twiggs was born in St. Stephen, South Carolina and received his BA from Claflin University. Later Leo went on to study at the Art Institute of Chicago and later received his MA from New York University, and his doctorate in Art Education from the University of Georgia. Leo Twiggs was the first visual artist to earn the Verner Award for outstanding contributions to the arts in South Carolina. Twiggs paintings are done with a unique innovative technique that he developed after years of experimenting with the traditional medium. Twiggs has has 70 one man shows and his work has received international recognition. Leo's work has been published in many art textbooks and featured in several television documentaries. In 2002 and 2008 he was selected to design ornaments for the White House Christmas tree.