Natalie Leininger has received a BFA in Studio Art with an emphasis in painting at The University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her work has been included in exhibitions in the UNL's Eisentrager-Howard Gallery. She also has published illustrations in the book Night Buddies and Evil School Bus #264. Leininger’s honors include the G & L Schleich Scholarship, Peter & Inge Worth Scholarship, Myers and Martha Cather Scholarship, and Joan Fiala Art Scholarship and the 2019 Mayor’s Youth Art Award.
My work is mainly centered around ideas and symbols of finitude: the state of having limits or bounds. Using objects such as candles, flowers, and portraiture, my work focuses on the reality of daily struggles that I am forced to live because of my autoimmune disease. In the candle paintings I use smoke trails, melting wax, and the coexistence of light and dark which resonate with the daily chronic pain in which my body holds. I aim for creating a sense of believability to the viewer with a combination of both fast and slow paint movements on the canvas. Each aspect of my work is specifically chosen for meaning and then placed to best portray the feeling I intend it to. My work is personal in terms of subject matter and all of the details that I place within, but it is my hope that these details form a connection with the viewer, revealing universal truths in all of our limits and bounds.
If you would like to contact me personally my email is [email protected]. Thank you once again for your interest.
