Leroy Miranda Jr.

Artist + Leroy Miranda Jr.

I approach my work with spontaneity, quickness, and—when I chance upon it—wit. The emotion or atmosphere of the day influences the work, and the images that result are a story of myself. Am I telling the same story over and over? Am I telling new stories? I have not figured it out exactly. But the unknown, that not knowing, is rooted in the nature of any experiment, and I am deeply interested in experimentation: how burnt paper or dirt can produce an unexpected image. What I know, for now, is that the works are both simply and not so simply works of myself, meaningless and meaningful as any emotion can be when rendered as an image.

My process is often very fast as I paint my way through these emotional landscapes and atmospheres. At the end of a day, I can sift through a pile of images, swift as a river, and see what catches my eye. In those moments, it is the subconscious mind that is in control; it is the subconscious mind that has recorded and understood everything I have done in my life. This fluidity, this flow, is essential to my work—and the mediums I choose to employ are derivative of that fluid nature. Paint is one, though there are many others. I can press on charcoal, ink, motor oil, dirt, blood, or urine—anything that will readily flow—and, through experimentation, produce new colors, new images, the work will expand beyond what has previously been expressed. When a tree is growing and expanding, it doesn’t grow straight up or down. And my paintings grow exactly how they want to grow—all over—which seems utterly natural. This is the flow I hope to capture in my work: a reflection or an echo of a subconscious, our second nature, the stories we recall when we let ourselves drift.

NEW ORLEANS 

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George Dolgy
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Sean Randall
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Heather Bird Harris
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Virginia Candler
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Michael Eble Painting
LAFAYETTE
Michael Eble
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Danielle Keys Painting
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Danielle Keys
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Stephanie Reed Painting
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Stephanie Reed
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Ron Smith Painting
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Ron Smith
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Charles Hoffacker Painting
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Charles Hoffacker
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Painting
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Margaux Hymel
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Caroline Youngblood Painting
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Caroline Youngblood
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Matt Litchliter
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Vergie Banks Painting
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Vergie Banks
RedBean the Crawfish for Bring Back Louisiana
Adam Sambola Painting
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Adam Sambola
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Cierra English Painting
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Cierra English
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Tony Hollums Painting
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Tony Hollums
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Rebecca Birtel Madura Painting
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Rebecca Birtel Madura
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John Turner Painting
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John Turner
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Brett Henderson Painting
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Brett Henderson
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Catherine Walker Painting
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Catherine Walker
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Julie Silvers Julie Silvers Art
Painting
OLD METAIRIE
Julie Silvers
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Lucille Anderson Lucille Blues
Painting
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Lucille Anderson
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Alexandra Kilburn Illustration / Painting
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Alexandra Kilburn
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Maggie Jones Boudreaux Painting
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Maggie Jones Boudreaux
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Cheryl Anne Grace Painting
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Cheryl Anne Grace
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MILAGROS Collective Painting
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Leah Morace Painting
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Leah Morace
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Drew Cooke Mixed Media / Painting
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Drew Cooke
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Camille Barnes Visionary Design LLC
Painting
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Camille Barnes
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Saegan Swanson Painting
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Josie Azuma Painting
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Josie Azuma
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Paige DeVries Painting
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Paige DeVries
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Rannie Howard Painting
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BE3K . Painting
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BE3K .
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Shelby Little Painting
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Shelby Little
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Gabriel Flores New Orleans Paint and Design
Painting
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Gabriel Flores
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Emily Lovejoy Painting
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Emily Lovejoy
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Daryl D. Johnson Painting
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Daryl D. Johnson
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Ceaux . Ceaux Artwork
Painting
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Jessie Chappuis Painting
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Jessie Chappuis
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Lori Sperier
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Anne McLeod Painting
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Anne McLeod
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Carolyn Busenlener Painting
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Carolyn Busenlener
LYRS
Gabrielle Tolliver Painting
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Gabrielle Tolliver
Blue Roots 1
Emma Fick Painting
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Emma Fick
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Queen Hope Parker Queen Hope Poetic Art
Painting
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Queen Hope Parker
Heron in the Mist Original Painting
Lorin Vieira Painting
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Lorin Vieira
I’ll Have Raspberries, Please.
Cathie Stuckey Painting
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Cathie Stuckey
Ascending Trees
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Louise Guidry
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Ember Soberman Painting / Mixed Media
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Ember Soberman
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Kate Hanrahan Painting
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Kate Hanrahan
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Michael Slage Painting
HOUMA
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Jeremy Paten Mixed Media / Painting
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Jeremy Paten
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Cassidy Breaux Painting
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Charissa Owens Painting
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Ayodele Owolabi Painting
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Debbie Boyd Painting
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Debbie Boyd
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Stephen Rooney Painting
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Stephen Rooney
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Katie Kut Painting
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Katie Kut
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Connor McManus Mixed Media / Painting
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Connor McManus
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Maddie Stratton Painting
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Maddie Stratton
Ascension Original Framed Painting
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Painting
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Nancy Wolfe Kimberly
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Kristen Albrecht Mixed Media / Painting
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Anne Blenker Painting
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Anne Blenker
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Devin De Wulf
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Max Bernardi Painting
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Max Bernardi
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Mary Scinto Painting
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Mary Scinto
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Sarah Nelson Sarah Nelson Fine Art
Painting
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Sarah Nelson
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Rise Delmar Ochsner Painting
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Rise Delmar Ochsner
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Darlene Langendonk Art Impressions
Painting
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Darlene Langendonk
Portals to Anywhere
Katie Yaquinto Painting
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Katie Yaquinto
The Flambeaux
Connie Kittok Painting
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Connie Kittok
The Golden Boat
Lee Morais Painting
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Lee Morais
Bayou Diminuendo
Emory Nolan Painting
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Emory Nolan
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Brent Houzenga Painting
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Brent Houzenga
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Thomas Deaton
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Emily Pullin Painting
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Emily Pullin
Magnolia Madame
Rayne Bories Painting
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Rayne Bories
Paradise
Malak Morgan Painting
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Malak Morgan
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Toné Lowe Painting
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Toné Lowe
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Amzie Adams Painting
MARIGNY
Amzie Adams
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Ella Albrecht Painting
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Ella Albrecht
Jungle Justice
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Painting
SLIDELL
Patrick Henry
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Morgan Allain Painting
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Lyla Clayre
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Vitus Shell Mixed Media / Painting
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Nurhan Gokturk
"Red Sky at Night" homage to David Gilmour
George McClements Painting
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George McClements
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Spencer Schulz Painting
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Spencer Schulz
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Nancy Lassen Painting
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Nancy Lassen
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Donald Fontenot Painting
MANDEVILLE
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Delight
Natalie Acquistapace Painting
FOLSOM
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Head to Toe
Kris Muntan Painting
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Kris Muntan
When the River Can't Wait to Reach the Ocean
Kat Ryalls Painting
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Kat Ryalls
Marsh Island
Jata Craighill Painting
GULF COAST
Jata Craighill
Uptown Ruler
Nicole Ockmond Painting
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Nicole Ockmond
Rhapsody 2
Sadako Lewis Painting
DIAMONDHEAD
Sadako Lewis
seen
Jessica Strahan JHand Paints
Painting
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Jessica Strahan
PIGGY BACK
Roz LeCompte Painting
BROUSSARD
Roz LeCompte
Wildlife
Mary Singleton Painting
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Mary Singleton
Red Eye
Sean Clark Painting
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Sean Clark
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Rachel Rice-Baham Painting / Mixed Media
DENHAM SPRINGS
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Our Business Stinks But It's Picking Up
Miro Hoffmann Painting
NEW ORLEANS
Miro Hoffmann
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