Sleep Painting The toy rabbit cries and

The toy rabbit cries and a real tear drops onto the ground

She received her first BFA in Architecture from Ryerson University and her 2nd BFA in Fine Art Painting and Drawing in 2012 at the Academy of Art University

she prints the elements that will form the layered collage on paper

and imagines a place where the language of difference breaks down

and pencils are windows on the solitude of lost souls

Sleep Painting The toy rabbit cries andDetails About Graphite on paper 8 x 10 in. 2020 Leilani Bustamante was born in Santa Rosa California and is a graduate of the Academy of Art University. She grew up between the suburban sprawl and rural Fort Bragg, where she draws inspiration from their simultaneous decay and growth. Her work often voices themes of mortality exploring elements of death, rebirth, beauty and spoil, the loveliness of the macabre and the mournful influence of osteological