abstract paintings
by *Lee Pierce

My brother remembers that as a child I told him I was going to teach myself how to paint.  When I finished my first "paint-by-number" creation I presented it to him.  He laughed at my enthusiasm --- and didn't think too much about my future as an Artist.  He reminds me of those days, back in the early 1950's; and, he's happy for me that I have found my "BLISS"  --- as an Artist

My first career was in Television, primarily as a Film/ video Editor and Producer.  In the early 1990's, a Chapter of the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences presented an HONOR to me for my role as Film Editor of an EMMY AWARD winning PBS TV Special report.  My experience as a Film and Video Editor informs my work as an Artist.

In the early 1990's, I graduated from Law school.  Beginning in 2004, I studied ART in several evening classes at the School of a Museum of Fine Arts, while working as an Attorney in a state's court system.  When I retired from the court in '09, I pursued ART and began painting from my Home Studio in the Midwest, USA.

My ART EDUCATION is mostly self-directed and has benefited from classes at the School of a Museum of Fine Arts; guidance from a Mentor; an Art Colony; annual Art Festivals, Juried and Curated Art Exhibitions at galleries and centers in the Midwest and near Denver, Colorado.  I study techniques of drawing, collage, and painting; and Art History.

I use acrylics on stretched canvas and fine paper; and gouache, ink, watercolor, and hand-made papers to create the geometric forms and highlights in my compositions.

 I am INSPIRED to create paintings that reflect my feelings about Earth's natural environments, wildlife, and the observable Universe, although my SUBJECT MATTER is non-representational.