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Jeff Leedy, Fine art humorist,   Here is an artist who comes to make you laugh. Wait a minute. This is ART! You’re not supposed to laugh, are you? Yes you are, this is the work of Jeff Leedy, nationally known fine art humorist.         Whether you crack up at "Counsel Approaching The Bench"-  legal art paintings – or “Heaven” - funny bathroom artwork, you’ll find yourself in a lighter, happier mood.      " I laughed so hard, I almost forgot I was an attorney." (heard in our Sausalito gallery).   After graduating from Syracuse U. just after the Spanish American War, Leedy began a career in advertising after being told, "Advertising would be the most fun you could have [...]

      I did a long comprehensive blog about 2017 and forgot about it. I have no idea who gets to see my blog. I sure don't see anyone else's. So here goes. I just may use this as a stream of consciousness for what's going on with my art right now. For those who have not followed my path, I am a fine art humorist.      Yes, often it "don't get no respect" but most of the time the feedkback I get is "Your art makes me happy!"      Could I ask for more than that? Am I in museums? No. Am I sought [...]

I have wondered if a new style would help my career. For over 25 years I have been a fine art humorist with, if my wife is correct, a success. We had 2 vibrant galleries of my art for 10 years, I've done over 400 art festivals and done anywhere from fantastic to dismal in sales and my web site continues to make $$$ when the spirit moves my customers to find me. It could be better but it also could be worse. 3 years ago I started a new style, a graphic colorful style where I'd squeeze the acrylics out of [...]

Bravo for the first state to make recreational marijuana legal. And I recall Breckenridge merchants complaining about the head shops proliferating in the tourist part of town. Many, many shops. So the forces of the city had them all move to the outer parts of town where they would be found but not so noticeable. OK fine. But oddly, they were all plunked down not far from a school. Ooops! Hello, planning commission? Hello!!! Well after painting "Mendojuana County" and selling it to a dealer. He paid us $4200 in twenties. Do you know how hard it is to count that high with twenties? Recently I came up with the notion of doing a similar piece for Colorado. And once I had the title, I selected some great Rocky Mountain reference photos and I was off and running. This landscape with peaks toking away, one with a bong, was great fun to do, the color hit me especially and I hope it will you too. It says something about the mind set of the state, open and liberal but still majestic. Not too mention the hundreds of millions of tax dollars rolling in. [...]

       It isn't pretty. Sometimes I think maybe it's just me. I have done art festivals in many, many states over a period of 30 years (yikes) and my career has been a very good one. Shows were very strong for most artists up until 9/11 and then again when the Great Recession kicked in 2007-2008. Before that time, there were scads of folks who bought all kinds of art for their homes, second homes and as gifts. That was back when "everyone thought they had money" (jobs, investments, security).        But times have changed and now those same art show goers, now [...]

      After so many years of working in one style, oil pastel, which gives me great lattitude to create anything I want, I was confronted with a challenge from my wife. She asked, "Isn't there another kind of art you want to do?"       It took me 2 years to come up with an answer. I found that working with acrylics in a very unusual way peeked my interest. I filled little plastic bottles with acrylics and drew with them. They were all different colors and so I was "drawing with color". Most of the early ones were very linear [...]

Bravo for the first state to make recreational marijuana legal. And I recall Breckenridge merchants complaining about the head shops proliferating in the tourist part of town. Many, many shops. So the forces of the city had them all move to the outer parts of town where they would be found but not so noticeable. OK fine. But oddly, they were all plunked down not far from a school. Ooops! Hello, planning commission? Hello!!!      Well after painting "Mendojuana County" I sold it to a dealer. He paid us $4200 in twenties. Do you know how hard it is to count that high with twenties?      Recently I [...]

    Click Here To Bid Me? Crazed? Well occasionally I do get excited.You were going to leave me? What!!!You forgot to feed me? What!!!You mentioned the vet hospital? What!!!Otherwise I am calm and relaxed.  So don't get me going now. [...]

  I wear shades to be cool. I smoke to be cool.All the dudes at the dog park know me.I'm cool. I'm aloof.What? You have a cookie?I'm on it.   But coolly of course. [...]

       For so many years I have created Art That Makes You Laugh for the benefit and laughter of so many of my fans. At hundreds of art festivals starting way back last century, I have exposed myself (police took no notice) and made you all laugh.      Now I am launching my new video blog called The Funday Sunnies (also on YouTube). I modeled these on Andy Rooney in the sense that he did his in 2 minutes and stayed on one subject. Ditto for me.     These blogs will be non partisan, on a wide variety of subjects and hopefully will give you a laugh after [...]