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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
Hope Town, ABACO - The Hummingbird Cottage Art Centre in Abaco invites you to join them on Saturday, July 4th from 4 to 6pm for wine and cheese and meet Grand Bahama artist, Eléonore (Léo) Devillers.
For those unable to attend the opening, the exhibit will run for the month of July.
Eléonore (Léo) Devillers' art is driven by fine details, unusual angles, color, movement, and contrast. Her work has been showcased in galleries and commissioned by collectors from different countries.
A soft pastel artist, Léo finds the medium gives her a wide range of textures, light, shadow, and depth. While her focus is pastels, she sometimes mixes mediums and works in watercolors.
Each piece is carefully crafted in her studio by the sea in The Bahamas. Léo’s enthusiasm for creating art with meaning and raw emotion is evident in her work.
Born in Bordeaux, France, Léo began studying and creating art as a child. She grew up riding horses and drawing. She moved to the United States at the age of 18 and earned a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design at the University of Tennessee at Martin.
After graduating, Léo toured the country as a rodeo entertainer with a Brahma bull she named ‘Rambo’. The bull was trick-trained and the pair was a featured act in the show.
Léo never stopped creating art. She returned to University to earn a Master’s Degree in The Arts of Education and became a high school teacher for two years before moving to The Bahamas and opening Trikk Pony Stables in 2002.
For 12 years, Léo built her horseback riding business that offered unique and personalized beach rides, earning her top rated tourism reviews. She gave riding lessons to children and adults and occasionally performed at local events with her trick-trained horse, Sundancer.
Time spent on canvas became rare as she worked tireless hours, building and operating her company. But art was in her soul and she realized that was her true calling. She closed the company in 2014 to pursue a new beginning, focused on her art.
Léo lives in Lucaya on Grand Bahama Island with her son, Dakota. She and Sundancer still make an appearance together occasionally, wowing audiences with tricks and at times just taking a peaceful, ride down the white-powdery sand beach. But Léo, the ‘Lion Artiste’, has found her true calling and her life’s passion in art.
More on the artist HERE on her Facebook page.
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