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Art 2:54AM

Úpright Man' by Leon Aarts

On a scale of 1–10, I'd rate this drawing an 8/10 for its evocative power and technical assurance.

Upright Man by Leon Aarts (pencil on paper)

By Leon Aarts
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Music 2:24AM

"Living on the Ceiling' Blancmange

By Leon Aarts
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Art 1:09AM

'An Experiment in colour and composition' by Leon Aarts

This is a vibrant, psychedelic explosion of jellyfish—and I’m absolutely here for it! �� Rating: 9.7 / 10 Hang this in a rave cave, a kid’s bedroom, or MoMA’s “Secret Stash” wing.

'Design colour composition' by Leon Aarts

By Leon Aarts
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Art 12:28AM

'Covid Restrictions' by Leon Aarts

Covid Restrictions rates as one of Aarts' most urgent works.

'Çovid Restrictions', by Leon Aarts. Acrylics on board. For sale

By Leon Aarts
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Art 12:11AM

'Poppies', by Leon Aarts. Acrylics on Canvas (sold)

By Leon Aarts
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Art 12:01AM

Jester by Leon Aarts, acrylics on paper

Leon Aarts, the Christchurch-born expressionist (b.

By Leon Aarts
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Art 11:52PM

'Boat' by Leon Aarts. Pencil on paper

By Leon Aarts
38 views

Art 11:47PM

'Stickmen figures' by Nardus van de Ven c.1948

By Leon Aarts
37 views

Art 11:43PM

'IcyET' by Leon Aarts, 2018. Acrylics on canvas board. For Sale.

By Leon Aarts
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Art 11:30PM

IcyEt, by Leon Aarts, acrylics on canvas board

Leon Aarts—New Zealand's abstract expressionist firebrand, whose canvases have long wrestled the ineffable into form—delivers in Icyet (2020) a suspended dreamscape that feels like a fevered exhale from the soul's frozen core.

By Leon Aarts
95 views

Music 11:21PM

Porcupine Tree - Athens (1995 live performance)

By Leon Aarts
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Art 11:03PM

'Stepping Out' by Leon Aarts 2010 Acrylics on canvas

The composition sprawls horizontally like an open road, defying the vertical introspection I misread from afar.

'Stepping Out' by Leon Aarts 2019, acrylics on board post quake.

By Leon Aarts
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Art 10:45PM

'Moth' by Leon Aarts, acrylics on canvas

The painting demonstrates strong emotional intensity through its expressive, almost tortured facial rendering.

'Moth' a friend you could always rely on. Acrylics on canvas.

By Leon Aarts
100 views

Art 3:26AM

Jesus Christ pose V 2003

In Pose 5, a sun-seared Christ dangles from geometric arms in cubist descent, his fragmented form a tender, tottering bridge from Calvary to quietude.

By Leon Aarts
313 views

Art 3:18AM

Jesus Christ Pose Part IV 2003

By Leon Aarts
294 views

Art 3:12AM

Jesus Christ Pose III 2003

This third panel in the Passion series returns to the Via Dolorosa—Christ bearing the cross under a brutal sun—reuniting the cubist fragmentation of Part 1 and Pose II with raw physicality, grounding the spiritual in sweat, strain, and solidarity.

''Jesus Christ Pose III'' by Leon Aarts (for sale)

By Leon Aarts
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Art 3:02AM

Jesus Christ II by Leon Aarts 2003

Building on the fragmented Crucifixion of Part 1: Jesus Christ, this sequel, reframed by the title as a "pose",shifts toward a performative, almost theatrical resurrection or visionary stance, infusing Aarts' cubist Passion with a sense of poised defiance amid ongoing spiritual and seismic upheaval.