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....................cleveland art sculpture.....................

                Leslie Edwards Humez
-sculpture, public art, commissions and visual excursions into the language of imagination-

                                  

I'm a pop-surrealist and Iove what I do.

It has been said that men tell jokes and women tell stories. My specialty is creating visual tales that rely on metaphor, allusion and the occasional word gag.  I sculpt in clay, paint with custom acrylics, illustrate with graphite and strive to push my own boundaries by experimenting using common materials in uncommon ways.

Watching an idea come to life in my own hands is a power
ful and profoundly humbling experience.
I've been chosen to create public and privately commissioned works and some of what I've dreamed up has been exhibited on four continents.  

Whether it's food for thought, a promotional mascot or just bringing out a bogeyman, let me help you turn your dreams into reality. Inquire.



Leslie Edwards Humez is a Cleveland native living in Lake County who creates sculpture, public art, a growing line of silk scarves and commissioned works.  Many are available at Gallery Plus, 78th Street Studios, Cleveland, and occasionally in other galleries around town.

 iShop reviewed me at The Art Gallery. 

                     Literary Art
On Third Friday ama
zing people gather in 78th Street Studios. Here's how one very small visitor touched my heart and forever changed the way I think about how we see fine art. 

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                 Trick or Treat 
          Calavera sold to Christina Sadowski.
           Krysti & Joe Kilcoyne of Lakewood
                made it a sell out event!  
                     Thank you!


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              Mickey Meows ©2014
                       available

           
                                  


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        Cleveland Artists' Lonely Art Club Show
I'm delighted to have painted a panel for this 6 x9 foot Beatles mural.  It's permanently displayed, first floor hallway, 78th St. Studio, Cleveland, Ohio.  Prints are available at e11even 2 gallery.


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                            Sold
           Exquisite corpse press at Cool Cleveland    


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                       Sold              
                  Spot The Clown
 
©2015
Fund-raiser / Cleveland Kennel / Art Fur Animal Auction 2015
          Thank you Amanda and Matthew Love
 


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                           Sold 
                Gourmutt the Baker
©2014
Fund-raiser / Cleveland Kennel / Art Fur Animal Auction 2014
         Thank you Amanda and Matthew Love
 


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     Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously
©1991
                 NFS                          


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        Three French Hens on the Riviera ©2014
                          Available
                      

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                SWEET NOTES ©
                                                  $18.
                  Send love with a cookie. 
  Personalize with your own message on the back and m
ail!
                          

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Sundae Shoes
Olivia Olssen Memorial Award / Salmagundi Club NYC / 2012

$3600


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               Bad Hair ©2014
 Faux brush made with real hardwood and brass nails instead of bristles.  It'll make you laugh and it's mean enough to scare away the worst bad hair days.   

                        $185.

    
                                      

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                 Lust ©2012
               
   Available

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   Pop-up art demos, private & public. Contact me.      


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                 Sweet Somethings

           Commissioned by Main Street Gourmet
          Harvey Nelson, CEO, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
                         


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                         Sold
                 Who Pulled The Plug?
©2012
         In the private collection of the Pilzer family
                  Silver Springs, Maryland.                                      

   Art Fur Animals 2018 Puss in Boots & Bob
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 Do space men collect bumper stickers?  :)
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          More at The Donut Project

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                 Anti-social Media
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       PS...Preservation Silk Scarves TM
     available for the holidays at these locations:

        Tricia Kaman Studio/Gallery
         Little Italy's Holiday Art Walk

             Cleveland, Ohio
            
     Spruce & Gussy /  Bar Harbor, Me.
      Gallery + / Cleveland, Ohio   

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               Scene Magazine 
       
e11even 2 Gallery Video preview


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                     Gluttony:
              Make Me One With Everything
                       ©2013

      Previously exhibited at Salmagundi Club, NYC
          Archived on public display
            since 2014 at Gallery Plus

      in 78th St. Studios, Cleveland Ohio  
       


    Cartoonist Gary Dumm of American Splendor fame,
              in Gallery Plus clowning around.

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      Photo by Earthman courtesy of Laura Dumm.


                 What Do You Do
          When Life Gives You Lemons?

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                            Sold
                 Draw a Blank ©2016
               Available at Sandusky Cultural Center
                 Thank you Marsha Gray Carrington


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                      Sold
              Go With The Flow ©2016
                     At Gallery Plus
              Thank you Diane Cooper Hoeptner

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                 Abandoned
                 Focus ©2016           
                  Found by Kelly Hahn

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                           Greed

     
       The Cleveland Hyatt Regency Hotel
                      courtesy of the
                       Maria Neil Project

             Thank you Adam Tully and John Farina

                          Available                 

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                              Sold
                     WINSTON ©2016
                         $2200. 

          Art Fur Animals Benefit Auction 2016
              Thank you James Goldsmith
 
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                      Sold
                    Blue Racer
    Year of the Snake   Public Art Project 2013

          This commissioned work in the
 in the collection of Scott Mueller, CEO,Dealer Tire, LLC
    Vice Ch
airman of the Board, MOCA Cleveland




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                   Junk Mail
    
           Courtesy of the Maria Neil Project
            at the Hyatt Regency Cleveland Arcade
           Thank you Adam Tully and John Farina

                   24" x 30"
                     Not available 

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                 Textile #1 (fragment)  ©2015
                        5'2" x 34"
         Maria Neil Project at the Hyatt Regency
                Cleveland Arcade
          Thank you Adam Tully and John Farina
                        available
       


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            Dead On My Feet ©2015
    Currently on display at Lakeland Community College
                           Available
                 

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      Sold
      From the Shoji Lights Collection
©2014
         Thank you Gail Hoover and Bob Safarz. 

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                     Of Course ©2015
                 Henry the Horse is ready to go!
                                   available
      


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                     I Scream ©2015
     Proceeds to the America Scores Benefit Auction        which provides Cleveland kids with after school
       programs to teach literacy and fitness.

                     not available


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                  The Chief - Still Fighting ©2015
                       Available                
                     12.5" x 6" x 12"

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Mamma In Her Kerchief ©2014
available



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