Lesley Aine Mckeown (Gifted Hands Gallery)

        “Creating is a dance and it is in the sharing that the circle is complete”

Favored by genetics –with both parents being professional artists, it is little wonder Lesley pursued a career in art.   Constantly surrounded by interesting stimuli and encouraged to explore all mediums, Lesley choose Metal as her first venue.

“Metal satisfies the maker in me.  It is direct and immediate it enables me to

transform ideas into permanence.”

Creating three dimensional forms that function as well as appeal to the aesthetic is continually compelling.   Lesley’s approach is straightforward.  Exploring forms and using only essential details in search of a simplicity that balances the idiosyncrasies of nature with the clean rhythms of modernism.

“Art should never be peripheral, by fusing emotion with technique the viewer will find the motivation to participate in the piece.”

When not creating in her studio on her small ranch in Sedona, Lesley owns and operates Gifted Hands Gallery in Tlaqeupaque Village in Sedona.  Her hobbies include riding her horses, gardening and creating large scale steel sculptures.

Museum Affiliations / Exhibits

• Museum of Craft & Folk Art / San Francisco, California
• New York State Museum / Albany, New York
• Denver Art Museum / Denver, Colorado
• Phoenix Art Museum / Phoenix, Arizona
• Santa Barbara Art Museum / Santa Barbara, California
• Milicent Rogers Museum / Taos , New Mexico
• Houston Center for Contemporary Craft / Houston, Texas

Selected Exhibitions and Awards, 1989-2006

• Sedona Jewelers Exhibition / Lanning Gallery, Sedona, AZ.
• One Woman Show / Art of the West / Encinitas, Ca.
• Women Artists of the West / Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ.
• Trading Places Exhibition / Taos, N.M.
• Winter Arts Exhibition / Broderick Castle / Isle of Arran, Scotland, U.K.
• Trappings of the American West / Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ. (1999-2005)
• Trappings of the American West / Phoenix Sky Harbor Museum, Phoenix, AZ.
• Trappings of the American West 2006 / Northern Arizona Museum, Flagstaff, AZ.
• Art of the American West / Houston Contemporary Craft Museum, Houston, TX.

For more information contact Lesley McKeown at:

Gifted Hands Gallery

(928) 282-4822

giftedhandsgallery@mac.com

www.giftedhandssedona.com