Leah Horowitz

I made this illustration in Baltimore discovering my love for tennis after taking a break from it during college. When I came back to playing with friends I experienced an eagerness to win for the first time and ran after every shot. I played in high school competitively but was not able to focus on the subtle movements the sport requires like the way my wrist swerved when my racket made contact with the ball. I was capable of slowing down my body in order to anticipate shots and waved my arms around which I rarely find the excuse to do otherwise. I was pleased with this illustration and felt my sensibilities came through. I’m glad it has an audience with @nybooks . Thank you @shaptonia for including this.

I drew this from a print made around 1815 called “Dog Standing With its Tongue Out”. I flood myself with images so much it took more time then I would like to admit to go through my personal prints and files to find it. The distance between my finished work and finding where I started shows there are some distractions and these drawings dont arrive in a straight forward way. There are prints of prints, and redoing something until its right. I dont know what I am comparing my work to. Im trying to let go of that urge.

Some recent work I’ve made at home- I am excited to be making new paintings and other artwork in a new studio space. It’s been a strange past few months on a personal level not to mention in almost every other way. I’m glad to have this space to process everything.

It was the Devonian Period, 419 to 359 million years ago, that the roots of the first forests began breaking up rock and unearthing phosphorus, which, when it was washed down river to the sea, ignited blooms of algae that eventually became the fracked gas of North Dakota. From Bill McKibben’s essay in @nybooks with an older illustration I created. Thank you again @shaptonia for assembling this together.

I created this illustration for an article on Freethink supporting death as an integral aspect of life and against the idea of immortality. “Even in the most mechanical view of the universe, death still feels like it means something. It moves atheists to tears, evokes reverence from physicists, and inspires awe in biologists. What if death isn’t a defect to be fixed, but the foundation on which everything else rests?” Thanks (again) to Lindsay @lballant @anakova_ for working with me. @freethink

beautiful illustrations by @lthorowitz in the @nybooks ❤️ Issue of June 2025

Hi! Art Thinking is a series of drawing classes Leah Horowitz @lthorowitz is holding in the storefront studio on Tuesday evenings starting tomorrow, June 3rd, from 7-9PM.. Leah’s series of drawings that float called, ‘Mix of Function’ are in the new issue of the New York Review of Books @nyrbooks . Leah drew this series in the studio! Her class will run into July. Art Thinking Leah Horowitz @lthorowitz Tuesday evening art class June 3rd <<7-9PM >>July 8th If you are curious about drawing, need a ‘lil structure and can carve out some time for this: space is limited to five. Link in bio to sign up! Lovitt NYC 563 Woodward Avenue Ridgewood Queens

I will be holding drawing classes at Lovitt NYC the coming months Tuesday evenings when I have the summer off from adjunct teaching for the neighborhood. During the classes I will facilitate different methods and strategies to spark imagination and provide tools for thinking and illustrating your ideas. These open ended classes will provide drawing prompts, and presentations, along with activities so you can go home with something you created. Some topics we will explore are below: Art Thinking- Drafting 3D modeling Abstraction Book making & Desktop Publishing Crafts & craft Research based projects and sketching Digital Drawing Experimentation Geometry Historical Objects Materialism Organization/building systems Planes Portiture Still life Trompe l’oeil Materials provided: charcoal, graphite, pastel, collage, variety of paper, colored pencil, ink. Duration: 1.5 hrs every Tuesday starting at 7 pm Address: 563 Woodward Ave. Ridgewood NY, 11385 Compensation: To reserve a spot please visit Lovitt NYC’s website and click on “Leah Horowitz”. Payment will be sliding scale starting at $25 to reserve a spot. Thanks again @lovittnyc for such a beautiful space!

Risograph prints still exist #treeofheaven #squat

I worked on these two images with pastel, pencil and acrylics then worked on them more digitally. The original figures come from a Renoir painting which I liked because of the figures posture. The image with the horse comes from a classical relief I found in an art history textbook. #renior

Moth 27 x 34.5 in Acrylic with charcoal and graphite on canvas

Two recent paintings on paper. I used washes of graphite and charcoal along with acrylic medium. 22x30, 21.75 x 25.5