A California native Jeff Leake holds a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from UC Davis. He has shown nationally across the United States and internationally, he currently lives and works in Portland Oregon.Leake’s work explores... Read More
A California native Jeff Leake holds a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from UC Davis. He has shown nationally across the United States and internationally, he currently lives and works in Portland Oregon.
Leake’s work explores topics concerning culture, nature and human behavior connecting the present with the ancient past. citing a history of stories and visual culture while maintaining a focus on the cultural paradigms that often govern human lives. He often depicts chimeric yet familiar landscapes with a style that oscillates between Bruegel, Bosch and the popular science and history illustrations of his youth. By blending historic images with invented archetypes and observed landscapes, Leake merges history and fantasy to create timeless images that convey the complexity of the relationship between humanity and the natural world.
WHO I AM
I am an artist and educator currently living and working in Portland Oregon.