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LESLEY OLDAKER ART www.lesleyoldakerfineart.com

@lesleyoldakerart / lesleyoldakerart.tumblr.com

Exploring the transient nature, purpose and interconnecting relationships of random people in large public spaces. Reflecting on current social, religious and political conditions and expressing my personal responses to co-occupying the urban space communicates a shared sense of displacement and questions of belonging in todays societies.
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‘Rose-tinted Naivety’, 2023, 60x80cm, oil on canvas. I’d love to hear your thoughts and interpretations on this one - it is going to @hope_art_gallery

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#HumanConnections #WalkingHoldingHands #BritishArtist #BritishFemaleArtist

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‘What Lies Ahead’, 2023, oil on canvas, 60x80cm. This is third of my three new paintings going to Cotswold Contemporary @cotswoldcontemporary - see the last two posts if you missed the others.

#LesleyOldakerArt #Oldaker #PeoplePaintings #UrbanLandscapes #OilPaintingArt #OilPaintingOnCanvas #AbstractFigures #NewWorkAlert #NewPainting #PopsOfRed #FacelessFigures #AbstractFigurative #Emotive #ArtCollectorsOfIG #ContemporaryPainter #BritishArtist #BritishFemaleArtist #ArtLoversOfInstagram

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‘Separate Ways’, 2023, oil on canvas, 91.5x91.5cm - this is another new painting that’s going to @cotswoldcontemporary

#LesleyOldakerArt #Oldaker #PeoplePaintings #UrbanLandscapes #OilPaintingArt #OilPaintingOnCanvas #AbstractFigures #NewWorkAlert #NewPainting #BlackAndRedPainting #FacelessFigures #AbstractFigurative #Emotive #ArtCollectorsOfIG #ContemporaryPainter #BritishArtist #BritishFemaleArtist #ArtLoversOfInstagram

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‘Displaced’. 100x100cm, oil on canvas. 2022 A painting which explored the feelings of being displaced from your home (sold)

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#AtmosphericArt #CrowdedCity #DarkFigures #ContemporaryPainter #BritishArtist #BritishFemaleArtist

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This is a work on paper from 2019. ‘Our Other Self’, 40x50cm, oil on paper (sold).

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New work drying. ‘Around the Corner 4’, 91x61cm, oil on canvas. Note the small white figure in the distance who is more curious as to what the future may hold for them

#LesleyOldakerArt #Oldaker #PeoplePaintings #UrbanLandscapes #OilPaintingArt #AroundTheCorner #CrowdedCity #OilPaintingOnCanvas #AbstractFigures #NewWorkAlert #NewPainting #UrbanSetting #FacelessFigures #Emotive #AbstractFigurative #ArtCollectorsOfIG #ContemporaryPainter #BritishArtist #BritishFemaleArtist

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‘Up for Discussion’, 2019, oil on canvas, 50x50cm (sold).

What do you see in this image? I always enjoy reading people’s interpretations and thoughts on my paintings in the comments.

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Ending the week with ‘Hope’, an older work of mine from 2018, oil on canvas (sold). It’s one of my more colourful paintings.

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Another new painting that’s drying ready to go to Clifton Fine Art @cliftonfineart

‘The Voices of Reason’, 36x36in, oil on canvas.

#LesleyOldakerArt #Oldaker #PeoplePaintings #UrbanLandscapes #OilPaintingArt #OilPaintingOnCanvas #AbstractFigures #NewWorkAlert #CliftonFineArt #NewPainting #UrbanSetting #FacelessFigures #AbstractFigurative #Emotive #ShadesOfBlueAndWhite #DarkFigures #ContemporaryPainter #BritishArtist #BritishFemaleArtist

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"Inside The Box" is one of three new paintings going to Cotswold Contemporary @cotswoldcontemporary - ‘Inside the Box’, 2023, 91.5x91.5cm, oil on canvas.

#LesleyOldakerArt #Oldaker #PeoplePaintings #UrbanLandscapes #OilPaintingArt #InsideTheBox #CrowdedCity #OilPaintingOnCanvas #AbstractFigures #NewWorkAlert #NewPainting #UrbanSetting #CityscapePainting #FacelessFigures #AbstractFigurative #Emotive #ArtCollectorsOfIG #ContemporaryPainter #BritishArtist #BritishFemaleArtist

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Today I’m sharing an older work whilst I finish off some new paintings to show you later in the week. This is ‘Behind Glass’, 2019, oil on canvas (sold).

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From 2019, this is ‘The Edge’, oil on paper (sold). I had PTSD and was in a dark place. Thankfully I was able to access the help I needed to recover. #LesleyOldakerArt #Oldaker #OilPaintingOnPaper #ptsd #mentalhealth #PeoplePaintings #UrbanLandscapes #OilPaintingArt #OlderWork #SoldWork #AbstractFigures #FromTheArchives #FacelessFigures #AbstractFigurative #Emotive #AtmosphericArt #CrowdedSpaces #DarkFigures #TheEdge #ContemporaryPainter #BritishArtist #BritishFemaleArtist https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpw6QeYI5BE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Another new painting that’s drying ready to go to Clifton Fine Art @cliftonfineart

‘The Voices of Reason’, 36x36in, oil on canvas.

#LesleyOldakerArt #Oldaker #PeoplePaintings #UrbanLandscapes #OilPaintingArt #OilPaintingOnCanvas #AbstractFigures #NewWorkAlert #CliftonFineArt #NewPainting #UrbanSetting #FacelessFigures #AbstractFigurative #Emotive #ShadesOfBlueAndWhite #DarkFigures #ContemporaryPainter #BritishArtist #BritishFemaleArtist

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My last delivery of paintings to @chimeramullingar sold in less than a week so this is a new one, which is now there at the gallery.

‘Silent Conversations’, 45x61cm, oil on canvas.

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A new painting which is currently drying and then will be off to Clifton Fine Art @cliftonfineart

‘Interrelations’, 100x100cm, oil on canvas.

#LesleyOldakerArt #Oldaker #PeoplePaintings #UrbanLandscapes #OilPaintingArt #OilPaintingOnCanvas #AbstractFigures #NewWorkAlert #NewPainting #UrbanSetting #FacelessFigures #AbstractFigurative #Emotive #ArtCollectorsOfIG #ContemporaryPainter #BritishArtist #BritishFemaleArtist #ArtLoversOfInstagram

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This is 'Vortex 1', a fairly recent work that went off to Clifton Fine Art @cliftonfineart not too long ago. It's oil on canvas, 60x60cm.

What does it make you think about?

#LesleyOldakerArt #Oldaker #PeoplePaintings #OilPaintingArt #OilPaintingOnCanvas #AbstractFigures #Vortex #FacelessFigures #Emotive #DarkFigures #MonochromePainting #AbstractFigurative #RecentWork #ContemporaryPainter #BritishArtist #BritishFemaleArtist

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