Will McLeod

@_willmcleod_

Art and stuff 🪃💫 5/8-7/12: SURFACE, STRUCTURE, STRING, Hudson Hall NY 5/16 & 5/17: Upstate Art Weekend OPEN STUDIOS, 609 Cherry Alley Hudson NY
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Join me for @upstateartweekend Hudson edition OPEN STUDIOS this weekend! My studio is at 609 Cherry Alley (Btwn Union and Warren), Hudson NY 🏰🫟 Saturday and Sunday 11am-6pm It’s going to be a GORGEOUS weekend so come feel the warm sun and see my trippy art! I’ve got drinks cooling and relaxing tunes playing so come hang out and see what i’ve been up to in person! 🧛🌞 And don’t forget to check out and support the other 12 artists in town that have opened their doors! 👐 C U Soon! xxoo 🍻💙❤️
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13 hours ago
I’m gearing up for @upstateartweekend ‘s OPEN STUDIOS and getting my studio visitor ready..! I’ll have new work and some old work (Textiles, Paintings, & Sketches {including FASHION ..maybe 🤫/🔊} ) on display and organized for flipping thru - AND i’ll literally be working on the development of the rest of THE NOSEBLEED so you’ll get the full ride of seeing what i do... These open studio events are really an awesome experience for us the artists and for fans and the public- I’m always in nerd show off mode so i LOVE being able to present everybody how the sausage is made as well as give buyers a piece they can literally walk out with. There are 13 artists IN HUDSON doing this too -so get inspired and make a day of it! 🤓👣 Anyway- let me get to cleaning and setting up- and then I’ll eek out a sneak peak once i’m almost ready! Saturday 5/16 and Sunday 5/17 🍻🌈🔮 11a-6p 609 Cherry Alley (btwn Union and Warren)
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3 days ago
Great opening show for SURFACE, STRUCTURE, STRING at @hudsonhallny on Friday night! 🍺 It was PACKED! Sending my love to the people who took time to look n figure out my 3 panels of THE NOSEBLEED 🌬️🥰 Show will be up til 7/12 ! ❤️💛💚 and artist talks later in June-stay tuned Big thanks to : @richardsaja for curating n including all of us @craftcouncil for covering the show @markallennyc for being a constant inspiration 💘, @zoebjansen for helping sort all those pattern pieces! Whew! 😰 - annnnd anyone else who lent their eyes n ears while Ive been developing this piece (still 11 more panels to be seen!)- i really value the critiques and insights! 🧐
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6 days ago
FRIDAY 5-7pm! Come see me and my new work THE NOSEBLEED, at @hudsonhallny ‘s opening reception of group show SURFACE, STRUCTURE, STRING Right along with me is an incredible selection of the Hudson Valley’s fiber-y artists! “Surface, Structure, String celebrates the remarkable diversity of textile practices throughout our region. Featuring hand-dyed fabrics, conceptual embroidery, fiber-based sculpture, and immersive large-scale installations, this exhibition honors longstanding textile traditions while spotlighting artists who are redefining the medium as conceptually rigorous, socially engaged, and deeply connected to place” The exhibition features work by: Paolo Arao @paolo_arao Margot Becker @mbbunny Melissa Dadourian @stringgirl John DeSousa @iohn.usa Erika deVries @fancyswanpants Christine Domanic @christinedomanic Matthew Gilbert @matthew.0_o Hilary Gluck @hilaryjane.has.add Jessica Goehring @jessgoehring Valerie Hammond @valeriehammondstudio Kat Howard @kat_howard Ellen Jouret-Epstein @ejestudioart Laleh Khorramian @lalehkhorramian Jessica Ludwicki @lovelambny Maeve McCool @maevethemccool Will McLeod @_willmcleod_ Portia Munson @portiamunson Courtney Puckett @courtneygpuckett Padma Rajendran @padmavathy_r Claudia Renfro @claudiarenfro_art Richard Saja @richardsaja Katharine Umsted @k.umsted Becca Van K @beccavank Hanna Washburn @hanna.washburn
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9 days ago
Got us some good press from @craftcouncil about next week’s exhibition SURFACE, STRUCTURE, STRING ! I had a great time being interviewed by fellow artist @kateschuler for article: “Hudson Valley Artists Stretch Fiber to Its Limits” Link in bio for full article!
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12 days ago
NERD ALERT! 🚨 Come check out my new work at SURFACE, STRUCTURE, STRING - a group show opening 5/8 at @hudsonhallny The Nosebleed (Panels 1-3) Canvas, Satin, Broadcloth, Twill, Felt, Flannel, Terry, Velvet and thread pulled taut to stretcher bars Triptych (Flush Spacing): 80” x 120” x 1.5” / Single Panel: 80” x 40” x 1.5” 2026 Photo @spencerhousestudio 📸 SURFACE, STRUCTURE, STRING Hudson Hall, Hudson, NY Opening Reception: Friday, May 8, 2026 from 5-7 PM Show Run: May 8 - July 12, 2026 Curated by Richard Saja @richardsaja The Nosebleed is derived conceptually from a small painting on paper. It’s a heady picture that explores some of my favored motifs, techniques, and colors through a pseudo-figurative fairy tale of romance within ebbing tides of moods. This work is like a dream landscape. I like this composition because it checks off the boxes of what I like my work to be. It’s reactionary, a bit lyrical, MORE and dense, but still somehow airy and very interpretive. This work has many vignettes and looking at the whole thing is like going on an eye ride. You can choose to read it from either direction as well. Panels 1-3 begin the left side of The Nosebleed. This segment exhibits a green canopy revealing two Pepto-pink flowers in the center. They are gloriously autonomous within a haze of bouncing curly cues. These large blooms are new lovers. What you don’t see sequentially after these three panels, is a battle of reds within a torment of mostly black and blue configurations. The Nosebleed is an odd narrative of sickening darkness vs. verdant havens of love. This grouping displays the latter. (Description continues in comments 😱)
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15 days ago
Painting from yesterday 🕊️♥️👥 WHAT’S IN ME IS IN ME TOO 18” x 24” Acrylic, oil pastel, marker on 140lb paper Unframed
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17 days ago
Photoshoot day with @spencerhousestudio 📸! Getting proper shots for lots of the big, new textile and painting works I’ve been documenting the past months! This teaser is of the textile work I’ll be showing at @hudsonhallny ‘s upcoming show SURFACE, STRUCTURE, STRING - show opens Friday May 8th! Stay tuned! 🧵👾
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20 days ago
Nerd alert !🚨 Pulling the 3rd sewn panel of my wip “The Nosebleed” to stretcher- for upcoming textile group show SURFACE, STRUCTURE, STRING at @hudsonhallny and curated by @richardsaja Show opens May 8th & will run thru til July 12 Stay tuned !!💋🪡❤️💛💚
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25 days ago
Cool nullification painting from yesterday 👍🕳️🌞 A THUMB AWAY 18” x 24” Acrylic, oil pastel , marker, colored pencil on 130lb paper. Unframed
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28 days ago
Went on a diversion this afternoon to @ualbanyartmuseum to see the current exhibit b4 it closes- Artist Noel W Anderson’s @nwa_studios BLACK EXCELLENCE was tight and inspiring. As a textile person i went for the weavings (which i did love) -They were cotton picked n hairy - tube tv wavy static compositions. James brown ones were my favorites bc i love james brown but also how abstract color movement-y they got. The harlem globetrotter ones were sick too. The really abstract tapestries paralleled his haunting but cheeky Ebony magazine manipulations too. Everything was very clear conceptually and the layout of the museum’s 2 floors was logical as well. Great show and moving ! It closes this Friday 4/3. 🏀🧵🧠✨ go see it!! 👀
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1 month ago
3 easy going sketches from this week ! ✍️💨🩵🖤🩷 HOLE IN UNTITLED DRAPED PIECE OIL SMILE All colored pencil and marker on 130lb paper 6” x 9”
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1 month ago