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All of my paintings are visually rendered. Never are the images
photographed onto the canvas and painted over. Computer technology
in not a part of my creative process. Occasionally, I use a projector
for the most basic penciling of objects onto the canvas prior to
completing the creative rendering of the drawing and beginning the
painting. This is true art -- sine cera.
In ancient Rome, works of art were a highly valued part of everyday
life. Paintings and statues were not only displayed throughout public
buildings and forums but they were also prominently displayed in
every home. Because the demand for sculpture was so high, there
were many sculptors producing these works, and naturally, these
artists possessed varying degrees of talent and skill. The lesser
skilled artists cleverly learned to apply wax to sculptured works
to conceal the flaws in their work. In fact, they became so skilled
at camouflaging the application of wax that it was difficult for
the collector to determine the quality of the artwork they were
interested in. Shops, wanting to distinguish themselves as selling
only high quality works of art and realizing the need for their
customers to be confident of that, would identify themselves with
outdoor signs that read Sine Cera which, in English, means without
wax. The words, sine cera, grew in definition and became a common
Latin phrase used to mean "the real thing" and is the
root of the word sincere.
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Leslie Taylor was born in Berkeley, California. She is a self-taught,
descendant of a lineage of artists. She now lives in Boulder, Colorado
and works out of her rooftop studio in downtown Boulder.
Leslie's work is contemporary yet the techniques and abilities
inherent in the works of past masters is apparent. She has appeared
in International Artist Magazine, US Master's series, Rockport Press,
The Best of Oil Painting and in the spring and winter 2005 issues
of InformArt Magazine. Leslie's work has been displayed in galleries
in Aspen, Denver, San Francisco, and Estes Park in Colorado.
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