Maybe my artist statement
should just be excerpts…

I so much wanted to get away
from the photograph but I
suppose it is an inevitable
crutch for me.

Painting my life is also a
reaction to my fear of
forgetting my life.  People
live to be so old and our
memories of our lives tend to
be so worn thin.

So yesterday was not
productive.  And today?  My
body failed me.  After waking
at 3:30 this morning unable
to return to sleep until 7:00
when Anthony woke.  Sore
throat, bad stomach.  There
is just something counter
productive about diarrhea.

I’m enjoying the hell out of
this painting.  Probably
means it’s shit.

I made myself rather ugly to
look at.  I still have to
paint the sides and varnish
and take photos….

I find my impatient, lazy
life style adapts well to
using acrylic.

You would think you would get
to know some one who is
taking an organ out of you.

I suppose I’m not intelligent
enough to understand purely
conceptual work.  I need a
bit of reality, if only a
little.

I would expect you to ask why
a pile of dead mice is a
reflection of my life.  Well
it is something I see
regularly.  Remember this is
my life not yours and I can’t
help it if your life is
boring.

Oh well, here’s to small
bathrooms everywhere.

It’s not a very good painting
I suppose.  I was gonna make
it good but now I’m just
afraid of it.

I believe it’s too big for an
actual gall bladder.  But as
I stated earlier; it’s a
painting, not reality.

I wish that spot would dry so
I could start painting again.


-Jeanine Leclaire
humanitis
the condition of being human
Jeanine Leclaire was born in Florida November
25th 1980.  She now resides in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania where she completed her
certificate of fine arts in 2005 at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.  She
is currently a studio artist and assistant
at the Rodger LaPelle Gallery



SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 2011 August        
Lake Eustis Museum of Art, Eustis, FL
 2010 November        
Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
 2010 August        
Corte-Real, Paderne, Portugal
 2009                 
Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia,
PA                
 2008                Rodger LaPelle
Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
 2007          
'Humanitis', Rodger LaPelle Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
 2005                
Afif Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
         
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  2010               
“Contemporary Voices: 70th Annual Juried
Exhibition”, Woodmere Art Museum, PA
 2010            
“The Art Gang is Here”, Rodger LaPelle
Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
 2009        
“Perfectly Small Paintings”, Corte-Real,
Paderne, Portugal
 2009               
“Spring Exhibition” Rodger LaPelle
Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
 2008
'Art of the State', The State Museum,
Harrisburg, PA
 2007               
'March Selections', Rodger LaPelle
Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
 2007                
'February Selections', Rodger LaPelle
Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
 2006-2007        
'Small Works', Rodger LaPelle Galleries,
Philadelphia, PA
 2006                
Group Show, Corte Real Gallery, Algarve,
Portugal
 2006     
Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings,
Philadelphia Sketch club,
 2005               
Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
 2004     
Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
 2004   
Figures in Painting, Afif Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA
 2003              
Student Show, Gallery 1301, Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
 2003           
Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia, PA

SELECTED AWARDS
 2006
‘Third Award’ Annual Exhibition of Small
Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club,
Philadelphia, PA
 2004  
‘Elizabeth Arrasmith Memorial Scholarship’
Annual Student Exhibition, Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA S
 2004                
‘Earl T. Donelson Figure Painting Award’
Annual Student Exhibition,Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
 2002   
‘Charles Weiner Award’ Student Show,
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts  
Philadelphia, PA

PRESS

2010               
June, American Artist

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2010                
Art Camp, Creator/Teacher, Maggie Valley,
NC        
 2009         
Art Camp, Creator/Teacher, Maggie Valley, NC
 2003-2006    
Exhibit Art, Academy of Natural Sciences,
Philadelphia, PA
 2003-2006      
 Exhibit Manager, Academy of Natural
Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
 2002-2004     
  Life Model, Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
 2000-2001     
  Mural Arts, Across the Wall Studio,
Savannah GA

EDUCATION
  2001-2005        
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Philadelphia, PA Four Year Certificate
 2000-2001
Savannah College of Art and Design,
Savannah, GA
 1999                
Valencia Community College,
Orlando, FL
 1989-1999       
Florida School of the Arts/ Saint Johns
River Community College,
Palatka , FL, High School Diploma