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Luc Leestemaker: The Intentional Artist

The Intentional Artist is a compilation of stories and visual impressions by someone who has lived an unconventional artist's life. Luc Leestemaker has mined his extensive and varied background in art, theater and the corporate world to create these autobiographical stories, out of which a thread emerges that offers inspired reading for anyone seeking to find or renew their creative way.

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Luc Leestemaker: A Retrospective

Luc Leestemaker: A Retrospective

Hardbound cloth-wrapped book packaged in printed cardboard box. Introduced and edited by Peter Frank. Over 250 color plates spanning a period of 16 years. Essays and poems by the artist. Includes a DVD.

Book:

  • Hardbound cloth wrapped book packaged in printed cardboard box.
  • Introduced and edited by Peter Frank.
  • Over 250 color plates spanning a period of 16 years.
  • Essays and poems by the artist.

DVD:

  • “Four Paintings By Leestemaker”, a classical composition by award-winning composer Vincent Ho.
  • Animation by Edber Mamisao.
  • 30 minute documentary “Conversation with Luc Leestemaker” written, produced and directed by Emily Lau.

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Luc Leestemaker – DVD: Swimming Through The Clouds

DVD: Swimming Through The Clouds

“Swimming Through The Clouds” is a 30 minute in depth documentary portrait of the artist Luc Leestemaker, and was produced in 2005.  Directed by Terence Gross and Ruy Carpenter. Chronicle Films, 2004.

This film has turned out to be equally inspiring to artists and collectors, and provides an insight into the artist’s working style and philosophy. Screened at a number of film festivals and broadcast by Link TV, a satellite culture and arts network.

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Luc Leestemaker: Paintings

A Survey of work by Contemporary Dutch artist Luc Leestemaker. This book is a chronical of the artist journey from 1990-2002.

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Luc Leestemaker: Landscape Paintings

Hardbound book with more than 65 color plates.

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Lineage Dance

"Four Paintings by Leestemaker" by Vincent Ho. Commissioned by The Royal Conservatory of Music, Canada. Featured on the self titled debut CD by composer Vincent Ho. Skylark Press, 2007.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH "Breaking Through the Canvas" inspired by the work of Luc Leestemaker-  performed Lineage Dance, choreography by Hillary Thomas with music by Vincent Ho.

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Charlie Haden Album Cover Artwork

Winner of the 2005 Grammy for "Best Contemporary Latin Jazz" Album of the year


The music CD "Land Of The Sun" by Charlie Haden; transcriptions of compositions by a number of Mexican composers, was recently released.  Famed jazz composer and musician, Charlie Haden, a collector of the artist's work, asked Leestemaker  to listen to the recorded music, and create the artwork for the CD.

Land of the Sun (La Tierra del Sol. Charlie Haden, Gonzalo Rubalcaba). Verve / Universal.

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