“Dreaming in Color” — acrylic and stencil, by Leah.
The artist
Leah Larremore
She has answered to that name for more than eighty years. This November, Seguin finally gets her gallery show.
Most artists making their gallery debut are in their twenties. Leah is not, and her work is not what anyone would guess: it is pop art, and it is loud. Comic-book portraits with heavy black linework and orange-red lips. Spray paint and stencil. Canvases splashed with POP! and KABOOM! A Girl with a Pearl Earring reimagined in teal and hot coral. Think Lichtenstein — except she is painting it in Guadalupe County, right now.
My World Art Studio is her world: the studio where a lifetime of looking finally turned up the volume. The November show is its debut — thirty-plus original works, one weekend, inside a chapel that has never seen anything like them.
Artist statement
“I paint the world the way it actually feels — in full color, with the volume up. If a canvas doesn't make you grin from across the room, I'm not done with it yet.”
— Leah Larremore
Her first formal exhibition — a lifetime of work, shown for the first time, for one weekend only.
A working chapel in downtown Seguin, its arches hung with electric pop art. The photos alone carry the story.
Writing about the show? Interviews and high-resolution images are available during install week, November 9–12.