Gallery | Practice Clarity

Jean Leathers has an eye for the abstract in the built environment. She’s drawn toward urban stress and creates beautiful images from the ways in which natural processes act on man-made materials.

Jean invites you to view this gallery as a small meditation break from the busyness of your day. Take your time, focus on your breath, and enjoy the respite, resting your eyes in visual delight.

Almost Corten

Brooklyn, NY | May 2017
What drew me to these images was the sun’s illumination of rust, the randomness of the screws, and the gorgeous palette that emerges, particularly the deep maroon bleeding into the orange, the dark corner echoing the light tan of the wood.

Torii Columns

Nara, Japan | March 2014
These abstract images are from weathered columns at a traditional Japanese gate. I love how the peeling paint speaks of impermanence. Each image has a message of its own. Best viewed if you click on the first image and view them one at a time.

Blue Bamboo

Kyoto, Japan | Ryoan-Ji Temple | March 2014
The feeling of land and sea, a Rothko-inspired short series.

Corrugated Rust

Kyoto, Japan | March 2014
On a small street away from the busy metropolis, a corrigated patchwork scene reminds me of a monk’s robes.

Retainer Wall

Naoshima-Cho, Japan | March 2014
This simple retainer wall, once red, now blue speaks of change to me.

Enso

Ikaruga, Japan | March 2014
In Zen, an “enso,” or circle, is drawn by hand in a single brushstroke. It is a calligraphic practice that symbolizes many things and is an expression of the creator’s state of mind, presence and being. I see enso everywhere…

Burnished Metal

Naoshima, Japan | Benesse Art Site | March 2014
Sun and rain on the well-loved scupture Three Vertical Squares Diagonal by George Rickey (1907-2002).
https://www.insidejapantours.com/blog/2016/08/09/3-amazing-art-installations-naoshima-island/

Untitled

Hiroshima, Japan | March 2014
With reverence…

I-480 Bridge

Cleveland, Ohio | Rocky River Metroparks | January 2018
Abstract art is everywhere if you allow yourself to see it. These paintings are on the base of the I-480 bridge. One could see this as paint covering graffiti, or one could see it for what it is.

1960’s Era Volkswagon Van

Marin, California | December 2016
Someone took their vintage VW van up a notch…

Beautiful Stench

San Francisco, California | October 2018
Perhaps my favorite series, these images are of a garbage-filled dumpster sitting in the hot sun along the Embarcadero in San Francisco. While swatting flies and breathing through my mouth, some of my favorite abstract images came to be.