Luc Leestemaker: Painter

Luc Leestemaker grew up in the Netherlands, and has worked and lived in Los Angeles since 1990. It was Leestemaker’s long-standing heritage in painting (a number of his predecessors were artists), that would ultimately command his devotion.

His paintings are exhibited throughout the US and internationally, and through his collaborations with architects and interior designers increasingly becoming a part of major corporate and private collections. Two retrospective museum exhibitions were held in 2004 and his work was recently included in a show at the Riverside Museum in California.

The documentary “Swimming Through The Clouds” about the artist’s life and work, was screened at a number of Film Festivals around the world and broadcast by Link TV, a culture and arts satellite network. In 2007 Skylark Press published his book, “Luc Leestemaker: Paintings” which is now available in bookstores and online. He collaborated with famed jazz composer and musician Charlie Haden and created the artwork for the cd “Land of the Sun,” which won a Grammy in 2005. His paintings have been showcased in a number of film and television projects, amongst them, Boston Legal, Spiderman, Bringing Down the House, Erin Brockovitch, Simone, and Shopgirl.

A new book with auto-biographical stories and an overview with eighty color-plates that chronicle 20 years of painting in the U.S., titled The Intentional Artist will be released in February 2010.

For more information and to view more of the artist’s work, please visit his website at: http://www.lucleestemaker.com/