Len Eisenhood: Trees

Painter and paper marbler Len Eisenhood will exhibit a series of tree themed works for the months of May and June at Jeffrey Moose Gallery on Bainbridge Island. A reception will be held on First Friday, May 6th from 6 to 8 PM. A Facebook Livestream will be broadcast from approximately 5:30 to 5:50 preceding the reception with the artist providing a walk through commentary on works in the show.

While Mr Eisenhood studied briefly with artist Wayne Thiebaud in college, it was not until his exposure to paper marbeling by local legend Don Guyot in 1980 that a fire started to burn and he began art-making seriously. The art in this exhibition is a subtle combination of work painted in acrylic and marbled paper. The sinuous lines and tones of the marbling reflect not only the bark and fiber of the wood, but also naturally occurring colors. Often its hard to distinguish foreground from background, transforming an objective view into an abstract one, an experience both startling and pleasant. The fluid energy of the marbled elements mimic and reenforce the subjects as objects which are alive and thriving.

Mr Eisenhood was raised in an apple orchard in California, has worked as an orchardist and studied horticulture and international agriculture development at University of California, Davis. His early career was spent in the Peace Corps as both a volunteer and, later, as a trainer. Education became a later career focus and Eisenhood received a Master’s in Education from the University of Massachusetts in 1972. He has primarily worked as a kindergarten and elementary school instructor since then. In the late 90’s he studied Scientific Illustration in a Certificate program at the University of Washington, where he studied with Tony Angell, Kathy Barker and Chuck Wood.