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Les Caison III
Goin' Home
20" x 20"
Oil & Graphite on Panel
Les Caison III is an award-winning N.C. artist. A diverse upbringing and public education complete with critical accomplishments in music and visual art inform is creativity. "Goin' Home" combines the use of oil paint, with graphite illustration to create a scene of comfort, growth and respite. His paintings tell stories, offering something for the viewer to think about for awhile. Les is collected internationally and has over 60 exhibitions under his belt -- 15 of them solo. This is Caison's fourth time working with MHO's "Doors of Asheville."
Multiple layers of oil paint intertwine with graphite illustration to create paintings of people, places and things. These "slices of life," or "narrative" paintings house social commentary. They foster emotional exploration as well as model lighthearted instances for others to consider.
