Marc van der Leeden

Whether he is presenting sun-bleached lighthouses or the faint shadows that slant down a wall in a mix of warm and cool tones, sunlight in Marc van der Leeden's subtly powerful watercolors is a palpable presence. When focusing his work on the complexities of trees and other flora, sunlight is entwined in the dapples by which Marc suggests the natural's world's complexity. The lyrical beauty of Marc's images couples nicely with the instinctive manner of their composition, as his works straddle a line between the serenity we seek from such pastoral works and the power that comes about from their painterly creation. While his subject matter is rooted in a long tradition of landscape imagery, his brushwork is contemporary in that its evocative strength lies in the way it provides the space for us to complete these works with our own emotional associations. Marc van der Leeden's beautiful watercolors capture the mercurial aspects of sunlight with his sensitive vision, and his controlled yet inspired brushwork.

Marc Van der Leeden graduated from the University of Massachusetts and the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in New York City, and currently resides in Longmeadow, Massachusetts.

The Portal of Tranquility
Reception: Thursday October 8, 2009 6-8 PM
Exhibition Dates: 10/2/2009 - 10/23/2009

Invitation to Marc van der Leeden's exhibition

View From My Studio Watercolor on Paper 22" x 15" $2000 View From My Studio Watercolor on Paper 22" x 15" $2000	Tree in Blue, The Hague Watercolor on Paper 22" x 15" $2000 Tree in Blue, The Hague Watercolor on Paper 22" x 15" $2000
The D. D. Bridge Watercolor on Paper 15" x 22" $2000 The D. D. Bridge Watercolor on Paper 15" x 22" $2000	Windmill, Egmond Watercolor on Paper 15" x 15" $1200 Windmill, Egmond Watercolor on Paper 15" x 15" $1200
Beavertail Lighthouse Watercolor on Paper 15" x 22" $2000 Beavertail Lighthouse Watercolor on Paper 15" x 22" $2000	Tranquilitiy I Watercolor on Paper 15" x 22" $2000 Tranquilitiy I Watercolor on Paper 15" x 22" $2000