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The Shape of Joy- Original Painting by Leah Nadeau

The Shape of Joy- Original Painting by Leah Nadeau

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$685.00 - $720.00
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$685.00 - $720.00
$685.00

DESCRIPTION: An original acrylic painting on canvas, wired and ready to hang in a black frame, and comes with a certificate of authenticity.

SIZE: 13 x 17 x 1.25 inches framed. Unframed it is: 12 x 16 x .75"

FRAME: The painting is stretched and ready to hang in a slim black frame.

SHIPPING & DELIVERY: Shipping in the US is complimentary. Please allow 2-7 days for your artwork to be signed, varnished, and prepped for safe shipment. It is then boxed or crated to ensure it arrives with you in perfect condition. You will receive a tracking number as soon as it is shipped. All originals travel by courier, insured, unless you're local to the Portland, Oregon area, in which case I can hand-deliver them to you. 

GUARANTEE: Your artwork will arrive in pristine condition, securely packaged with care. Each painting is insured in transit. In the extremely rare event that your artwork doesn't arrive in perfect condition, I have a 100% satisfaction guarantee for your peace of mind. Contact me within 24 hours with details and clear photographs of the damage/quality issue, and I will resolve it promptly. 

INSPIRATION:

Learning As She Plays is a memory fragment of a morning in Washington, D.C almost a decade ago.  My baby niece was awake in her room, captivated by a toy, independently playing.  As we watched her explore it with complete curiosity, my partner said, "She's learning as she plays."
The phrase stayed with us;  we still say it when we watch the children in our lives grow, but over the years, I realized it had become words to live by for my own life as an artist. Every painting teaches me something I didn't know before I picked up the brush. This piece is a reminder to stay curious and trust that there's something worth discovering along the way.

About The Artist

I'm Leah Nadeau, and I make abstract acrylic paintings shaped by a deep love of architecture, a film school education that taught me to see the world differently, and synesthesia, which means music looks like colors in my head. Each piece is an original, made slowly, one at a time, built to anchor a room and quietly change how it feels to be in it.

Rooted in Mid-Century Modern Design and themes of resilience and joy, my work becomes the focal point around which collectors build entire spaces.

Featured in Atomic Ranch Magazine, exhibited at the famous Modernism Week in Palm Springs, and works permanently installed at the Henry Ford Health Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan.