Artist Reception: "About Face" by Tim Leeming

Meet the artist and enjoy light refreshments.

After years of drawing and painting "unpopulated" cityscapes (alleys and streets without people), Tim Leeming began a project to rediscover the faces of people he knew best, faces of friends. Using reference photos, Leeming studied them up close and drew them large and mostly life-sized. About Face re-examines what was temporarily withheld—when we lost the face.

See the exhibit on display in the Main Library Gallery September 27-October 29 »

About the artist
Tim Leeming has lived in the area for decades and is usually seen wandering around during the early morning hours. He is a licensed attorney, who recently retired after working as appointed counsel for individual criminal clients of the Office of the Cook County Public Defender. He received a fine art education at his local public high school, Arlington Heights,1979. He studied fine arts at the University of Illinois and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is a member of the Palette and Chisel Academy of Chicago and the Oak Park Art League. His work, prints, paintings, and drawings are hung far and wide, mainly on the walls within the homes of his friends and relatives.