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SYLLABLES by Anne Leveque
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PAINTINGS AND POETRY in brilliant stunning color, created by Anne Leveque

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Your gift of Syllables felt like a soul offering. The way your paintings and poems move together—like breath and heartbeat—it’s more than a book. It’s a sensory conversation. I found myself slowing down, letting the color and rhythm speak in that space beyond words. That kind of stillness… it’s rare. And needed.

Your work holds wildness and stillness in equal measure—an energy that listens and speaks at once. It felt like sitting beside something ancient and knowing, but also utterly intimate.

And I have to say--The Wind Blows Through was incredibly poignant for me. It touched a place that’s been quietly waiting to be met. And your piece The Herd—I keep returning to it. There’s a strength and softness there, like something sacred traveling in quiet formation. I love it.

Thank you again for sharing such a powerful part of yourself. I’m truly grateful to have received it.

With appreciation and resonance and so much love.
Joy

PORTFOLIO

​Recent Work

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Sanctuary, Oil on Canvas
48" x 36"
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Freefall, Oil on Canvas
30" x 24"
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Sacrifice, Oil on Canvas
48" x 36"

AWARDS & TESTIMONIALS

​Recent Awards

Juried Exhibit | Honorable Mention
Highland Art Center, Weaverville, CA
2023
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Submerged, Oil on Canvas, 36" x 48"
37th Annual Juried Exhibit | Winner
​William Marlow Memorial Award for Painting
Highland Art Center, Weaverville, CA
October 2021
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Entry, Oil on Canvas
"Entry" by Anne Leveque was chosen to receive the William Marlow Memorial Award. Mr. Marlow was known for his abstractions and vivid color schemes. In honor of Bill we will continue to present this award during our annual Juried Art Exhibits. Nice work Anne!

​​Recent Praise

Anne, your work is incredibly beautiful!  You have had an amazing career.
Jane Mankey /St  George  Sculpture  Garden
Your book arrived, OMG it left me speechless, your art combined with your poetry, you really tap into a magical realm, so pure and soulful. I love it!!
Adesch from Amersterdam
Thank you for the exhilarating experience.  You are a great innovator and teacher.
Hoping to see you soon.
Lisa Van Wyk
I just wanted to check in and tell you how much I enjoyed your class. Loved what you had to say as well as watching you work. You really have been to the portals!

I have to say it’s the most fun I’ve had doing abstracts. I’m jazzed to have learned from you
Lauren Forcella, Artist
Last night's reception was very nice. A pretty good turnout and so many talented artists truly loving your work -- just entranced.  Many saying it is the best Featured Artist show at NVAL ever (certainly since 2011 when Bernie & I joined).  For me when viewing your work in the gallery, I feel as though I am in a quiet, beautiful church all by myself  surrounded by your paintings, so peaceful with those lovely, serene, luminous paintings.  

Charlotte, Board of Directors, North Valley Art League
It's amazing how much I am attracted to your work, and aspire to the numinous beauty you are able to create! Your style, your color palette, the size of the works, the feelings behind the pieces, the imaginative places I am sent to when I view a new piece! How much fun it is to take that journey and come up with a story for you...I am honored!
Emily Freiman, AANV President
"It was a joyful, empowering, and successful workshop indeed!  Thank you very much for your inspiration and expertise in helping us create our works.  We would love to sponsor another workshop with you in the Spring or early Summer next year. "
Carla  Canter, Director, North Valley Art League 
"Under the tutelage of Master abstract painter Anne Leveque, I am led to be open to the numinous - to reach out and find/follow my own individual and unique style of nonrepresentational painting. (Anne) uses intuition and feelings in shaping and balancing her work, and in mirroring that process to you. Anne is the perfect facilitator for my needs; she offers just the right amount of guidance. I have a difficult time knowing when to stop; I appreciate it when Anne looks at my work and says 'It's finished. I will be continuing to take her workshops, it's a joy."
Emily Freiman, AANV President
"I enjoyed seeing you Friday at the art league. I have thought of you often since I went to your workshop.  I found you very inspiring and look forward to the creation of more abstract work. Thank you."
Joyce K, NVAL Workshop Attendee
Dear Anne,
At a station, a time, when most are content with reminisce and easy conveniences… you’ve authored this beautiful and magical book… capturing a unique marriage of color and style with reflective poems; intimate and perceptive… time’s gift to the mature and creative mind. It projects Big, Energy—- like a working country barn!
Brian Peoples, Germany, Playwright
I am writing to say I have the highest praise for Anne Leveque as both artist and spiritual individual. She embodies the principles and excitement of fine art in all her work and inspires viewers, professionals, and students to explore the mind and ideas. She achieves a personal state of being through both visual and written work, using formal ideas in a never-ending beauty or lamentation of her personal expression of life.

As an expert colorist she has developed her work in concomitant use of line and imagery.  With a wide and rich background in travel and several arts, she has, since coming to the Napa Valley, quickly risen in art community to be known as a consummate painter of excellence. I believe she is on her way to great success in the art world. 

As a professional gallery artist and college instructor for many years, I give her my highest accolades.
Theo Fabian Becker
"I love your show!!! The pieces are sublime, each one a universe unto itself. I love them up close and from the far end of the gallery. Could stare at them for hours!"
Lauren
Beyond AMAZING!!! so inspired by YOUR art - nature elements color- sublime!!!
"Your workshops are among the best we have had at North Valley Art League. You are one of the best artists in our region IMHO, Anne.  Kudos to you for all your success.  Well deserved!”
Charlotte Bryson, Board of Directors
"Three of our AANV members... attended (Anne's) workshop, which was a delight an a "numinous" experience for myself. (We) were exposed to Anne's unique method of painting - 'approaching the blank canvas with an open mind' - and were fully absorbed in the work."
Emily Freiman, AANV President
"Thank you, Anne. I haven’t enjoyed a workshop as much as yours!  All attributed to you, your approach and your understanding of how artists learn. Thanks  again."
Kathleen, NVAL Workshop Attendee
"You have opened up a whole new direction for me to explore in my painting. I appreciate your skill as an artist and the supportive environment you fostered. Plus, it was just fun getting to know you.  I hope I have an opportunity to work with you again and will highly recommend your workshops to others."
Caryn, NVAL Workshop Attendee

ABOUT ANNE LEVEQUE

Fine Art Abstracts

Huge abstract landscapes and non-objective work are Anne Leveque's spatial inspirations for oil on canvas. Her long view / aim is to push through abstract landscapes towards non-objective work, the goal being absolutely the obliteration of all image as they might creep in as Leveque paints. If she can do this it frees the viewer to “see what they see.” Throughout the process of up to 30 layers, Leveque is ever-mindful of leaving no recognizable imposed image.

Color choice is very important but Anne Leveque has no physical palette. The paint goes directly from the tube onto the canvas and then she moves it around, wipes it off, blends, sands, scrapes, etc., to create depth. When Leveque begins a painting, the canvas is blank and her mind ever more so, having prepared herself in solitude for a couple of days before she begins to paint.

To achieve a sense of peace in each piece, Anne Leveque concentrates on her breath of both dramatic expansive strokes of emotion and, later, sensitive detail. The breath will set the tone of the painting. Another day starts and Leveque begins to know where the painting is going. If she gets this far and continues, the work will usually be successful. If the viewer can sense this essence of Peace, then the work circles back and the work is complete. Painting has taken Leveque into a fully aesthetic and ascetic life of solitude, peace, and tranquility.
Anne Leveque has traveled the world and she lived in Asia from 2010 - 2016.
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To travel extensively internationally is to understand humankind more fully and this has influenced Leveque's philosophy and painting profoundly.
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​ The feeling of painting is like the first wind catching the sail of my boat and in this very instance of the wind - or the brush -
the day has instantly changed
and the wind is at my back.

Inspiration and Intent:
I require Peace and Solitude with Nature

 CV

FORMAL EDUCATION
Awarded a BS in Science, MS in Educational Administration and MFA in Fine Arts from UCLA

TEACHING POSITIONS HELD
  • Teaching assistant UCLA
  • Assistant Professor at the University of Utah and San Jose State University, JFK University
  • Presented master workshops worldwide
  • Private Tutor to the daughter of the British Consul to Thailand
  • Have held a Community College Teaching credential in the past, and taught at De Anza Community College and San Jose State University

DANCE
  • From 1965-85 -classically trained ballet dancer having trained at the Royal London Ballet, London and Modern Dance with Martha Graham School of Contemporary Dance in London and NYC
  • During this period, Ms. Leveque performed with many Dance Companies, worldwide, gave master classes, and as guest artist performer
  • Oakland ballet, Ethel Winter Repertory, Lotto Goslar, Mary Claire Sale, Danny Lewis, Charles Wideman to name a few and with Gene Kelly at Universal Studios.

FILM
  • 1977 Served as Production Assistant with the British Film Institute for Yvonne Rainer’s film, Journeys from Berlin
  • Production Assistant, Maui, Hawaii Writers Conference
  • Continuity Assistant British Film Institute

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS & WORKSHOPS

  • 2008 | Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Solo Exhibition  sponsored by Hong Kong Land. 
  • 2010-16 | Art Republic Gallery Bangkok, Solo Exhibitions, 10 yrs
  • 2012-16 | Numerous Solo Exhibitions throughout  Asia 
  • 2015 | Napa Valley College, Solo Exhibition marking my US return
  • 2016 & 2017 | Jessel Gallery, Napa, CA
  • 2016 | Yountville Community Center, Solo Exhibition curated by Liz Hauer (postponed due to 2017 wildfires)​
  • 2018-9 | Kennedy Gallery, Sacramento, CA
  • 2019 | North Valley Art League Carter House, Redding, CA
  • 2019 | jentough gallery, Workshop, Benicia, CA
  • 2020 | Highland Art Center, Juried Show, Weaverville, CA
  • 2020 | Danville Village Art Center, Juried Show, Danville, CA
  • 2021 | Highland Art Center, Show, Weaverville, CA
  • 2022 | Highland Art Center, Solo Abstract Landscape Exhibition and Workshop, Weaverville, CA
  • 2023 | The New City Hall, Solo Exhibition, Redding, CA
  • 2024 | Verum Ultimum Gallery

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