Water Buffalo horizontal Dorian Gray from "The Picture

Dorian Gray from "The Picture of Dorian Gray"

beliefs and values

just a little bit too inquisitive and just a little bit too obsessed by drawing and art history

with an intermingling of the pretty and obscure

All such locations were surrounded by cliffs and rocks

Water Buffalo horizontal Dorian Gray from "The PictureDetails About 24 x 18 inches 2011 Gouache and Acrylic on Wood Leilani Bustamante was born in Santa Rosa California and is a graduate of the Academy of Art University. She grew up between the suburban sprawl and rural Fort Bragg, where she draws inspiration from their simultaneous decay and growth. Her work often voices themes of mortality exploring elements of death, rebirth, beauty and spoil, the loveliness of the macabre and the mournful influence