Leroy Miranda Jr.

Artist + Leroy Miranda Jr.

I approach my work with spontaneity, quickness, and—when I chance upon it—wit. The emotion or atmosphere of the day influences the work, and the images that result are a story of myself. Am I telling the same story over and over? Am I telling new stories? I have not figured it out exactly. But the unknown, that not knowing, is rooted in the nature of any experiment, and I am deeply interested in experimentation: how burnt paper or dirt can produce an unexpected image. What I know, for now, is that the works are both simply and not so simply works of myself, meaningless and meaningful as any emotion can be when rendered as an image.

My process is often very fast as I paint my way through these emotional landscapes and atmospheres. At the end of a day, I can sift through a pile of images, swift as a river, and see what catches my eye. In those moments, it is the subconscious mind that is in control; it is the subconscious mind that has recorded and understood everything I have done in my life. This fluidity, this flow, is essential to my work—and the mediums I choose to employ are derivative of that fluid nature. Paint is one, though there are many others. I can press on charcoal, ink, motor oil, dirt, blood, or urine—anything that will readily flow—and, through experimentation, produce new colors, new images, the work will expand beyond what has previously been expressed. When a tree is growing and expanding, it doesn’t grow straight up or down. And my paintings grow exactly how they want to grow—all over—which seems utterly natural. This is the flow I hope to capture in my work: a reflection or an echo of a subconscious, our second nature, the stories we recall when we let ourselves drift.

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Lori Sperier
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Saegan Swanson Painting
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Saegan Swanson
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Bruce Corona
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Painting
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Miro Hoffmann
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Ella Albrecht Painting
UPPER 9TH WARD
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Infinite Sadness
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UPTOWN
Jeremy Paten
Close Encounter
Maddie Stratton Painting
TREME
Maddie Stratton
Blushing Oyster Original Painting
Sarah Nelson Sarah Nelson Fine Art
Painting
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Sarah Nelson
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Jessica Strahan JHand Paints
Painting
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Jessica Strahan
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Painting
RIVERBEND
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Louise Guidry
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SAINT ROCH
Shelby Little
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Kristen Albrecht
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Stephanie Reed Painting
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Stephanie Reed
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Rise Delmar Ochsner Painting
Rise Delmar Ochsner
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Drew Cooke Mixed Media / Painting
UPTOWN
Drew Cooke
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Daryl D. Johnson Painting
BAYOU ST. JOHN
Daryl D. Johnson
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Mary Singleton
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Brent Houzenga Painting
Brent Houzenga
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Ember Soberman
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Donald Fontenot Painting
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Donald Fontenot
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Nancy Wolfe Kimberly Gator Girl Art
Painting
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Nancy Wolfe Kimberly
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Michael Eble Painting
LAFAYETTE
Michael Eble
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Rayne Bories Painting
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Rayne Bories
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Connie Kittok Painting
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Connie Kittok
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Sean Randall Painting
IRISH CHANNEL
Sean Randall
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Painting
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Ceaux .
"Hubig Pies and a Barq's"
John Turner Painting
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Anne Blenker Painting
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Anne Blenker
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Painting
Lionel Milton
Tomb of The Unknown Slave
Queen Hope Parker Queen Hope Poetic Art
Painting
Queen Hope Parker
Shattered Shorty
Patrick Henry Victory Arts
Painting
SLIDELL
Patrick Henry
Le Bon Temp Roule
Nurhan Gokturk Illustration / Painting
BYWATER/LOWER NINTH WARD
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High Tide
Debbie Boyd Painting
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Debbie Boyd
"The March"
Meghan Methe Painting
METARIE
Meghan Methe
Moon Moss
Stephen Rooney Painting
LOWER NINTH WARD
Stephen Rooney
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Nicole Ockmond Painting
Nicole Ockmond
Unbroken Shadows
Blair Dupre Painting
Blair Dupre
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Sean Clark Painting
Sean Clark
Summer Song
Anne McLeod Painting
Anne McLeod
Glissando
Connor McManus Mixed Media / Painting
UPTOWN
Connor McManus
The Godfather of Soul
Lucille Anderson Lucille Blues
Painting
LOWER 9TH WARD
Lucille Anderson
'Mono No Aware' Fine Art Print
Heather Bird Harris Painting
GENTILLY
Heather Bird Harris
Red Cloud 12.01
George Dolgy Painting
BYWATER
George Dolgy
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Alexandra Kilburn Illustration / Painting
FRENCH QUARTER
Alexandra Kilburn
Abstract #2
Toné Lowe Painting
Toné Lowe
Aftermath
Rebecca Birtel Madura Painting
UPTOWN
Rebecca Birtel Madura
Grey Green Ladder
Julie Silvers Julie Silvers Art
Painting
OLD METAIRIE
Julie Silvers
Orgullo
MILAGROS Collective Painting
ALGIERS
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Lyla Clayre Illustration / Painting
TREME / 7TH WARD
Lyla Clayre
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Kris Muntan Painting
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Kris Muntan
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Thomas Deaton Painting
UPTOWN
Thomas Deaton
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Max Bernardi Painting
Max Bernardi
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Ramiro Diaz Painting
Ramiro Diaz
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Kat Ryalls Painting
BAYOU ST. JOHN
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Gabrielle Tolliver Painting
Gabrielle Tolliver
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Katie Kut Painting
BYWATER
Katie Kut
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Lee Morais Painting
Lee Morais
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George McClements Painting
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George McClements
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Katie Yaquinto Painting
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Painting
GARDEN DISTRICT
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Josie Azuma Painting
UPTOWN
Josie Azuma
"Bailey"
Brett Henderson Painting
MARIGNY
Brett Henderson
Pink Cadillac
Cheryl Anne Grace Painting
UPTOWN
Cheryl Anne Grace
Fragility- Fine Art Print
Kate Hanrahan Illustration / Mixed Media / Painting
Kate Hanrahan
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