Artist: Leon Rainbow Title: Regrowth
Description: Mixed media on watercolor paper – abstracted
rendering of a tree growing from a crack references Haiti earthquake
Medium: Mixed media Size: 18” x 24”
Leon Rainbow is an artist in Trenton, NJ, who creatively combines graffiti, street, art and other artistic forms into innovative projects and events. He reaches out to wide audience, from galleries to the walls of inner cities. As Debra Miller of Da Vinci Art Alliance points out, "Despite his tribal descent, he embraces the city and its cosmopolitan population in a contemporary style." As long as he can remember he's been drawing and creating art. Looking over his father's shoulder who was a draftsman, Leon learned how to do simple and block letters. He took this foundation and exaggerated the letters into elaborate forms and styles. By remixing the skills he inherited from his dad and elevating them into the next level, he quickly found strong connection to hip-hop culture. Maturing spiritually and artistically, Leon realizes that his art is an effective mean for deeper expression. He applies fine arts composition and principles to his work and it allows him to react and educate about issues and topics around him. He uses style that his young audience relates to and combines it with a powerful spiritual message. Leon believes that his approach allows him to reach a wide variety of people, "Anyone who looks at my art gets something beautiful to look at as well as food for thought."
Contact: leon@leonrainbow.com