Positively Liesl
Bildender Künstler
Ich erschaffe ruhige, naturinspirierte Kunstwerke, die Wärme und Frieden in das Zuhause bringen.
Education
Eastman Community Music School
2016 – 2022Awarded Academic Scholarships for each semester attended in the study of Piano and Songwriting.
Hochsteins School of Music and Dance
2016 – 2022Awarded Academic Scholarships for each semester attended in the study of guitar.
SUNY Brockport
1986 – 1999BS
Tho Phi Lambda honors fraternity
Community Darkroom
1986 – 1987Visual Studies Workshop
1987 – 1990William Paterson College
1986 – 1986Studied BeBop Jazz under Rufus Reed
Rutgers University
1985 – 1985Studied Trombone under Hal Janks. and was invited to join the Trombone Choir at Juliard.
Exhibitions
Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Flower
Online/ Pasadena
Group exhibition20266x6
ROCO/ Rochester
Group exhibition2025Holiday Show 2024
Image City Photography Gallery/ Rochester
Group exhibition2024Living Bravely
Impressions Gallery/ Rochester
Group exhibition2023Happy Horses
Dark Horse Cafe/ Rochester
Solo exhibition2012Artist’s Choice Exhibit
McMillan Art Studio/ Ithaca
Group exhibition2008MINI Gallery Rotating Series
GVCA-Participating banks in Livingston County/Genesee County
Solo exhibition2008
Other media
MagazineTibetan Monks Visit
Tools & materials
Photography
- iPhone 16 Pro
- iPad Air
- MackBook Air 13"
- frames with glass
- matts
- metal hanging wire
- prints
- mounting squares
- glass cleaner
- small vacuum
- print shop
Loom Knitting
- MacBook Air 13"
- looms
- yarn
- poly fill
- measuring tape
- stitch counters
- knitting hooks
- patterns
Songwriting
- Yamaha keyboard
- MacBook Air 13"
- headphones
- Fender microphone
- microphone stand
- Sigma guitar
- music stand
- Garageband software
- Pages word-processing software
- iMovie software
- photographs
- videos
- voice memos software
- Rolland XP-60 synthesizer
- Fender Bullet PA system
- Laney Amp
Watercolor painting
- watercolor paint
- paint brushes
- watercolor paper
- pencils
- gum eraser
- easel
- art bag
- frames with glass
- matts
- mounting corners
- hanging wire
- square ruler
- glass cleaner
- paper towels
Trombone
- Music stand
- Straight mute
- Cup mute
- Yahama Silent Brass mute
- "Trombone Shorty" Yahama small bore trombone
- printed sheet music
- hp smart tank 6001 printer
- iPhone 16 Pro
- iPad
- transportation to rehearsals and performance venues
- trombone snake
- cleaning rod
Career
Self Employed Multimedia Artist
Creator of music videos, photography, watercolor paintings, and original hand knitted designs · Multimedia Artist
Juni 2010 – Aug. 2026
Self Employed in Band - Messenger Express
wrote music; performed in Monroe/Livingston/Genesee counties; Produced CD; managed concert schedule; acquired air time of originals on local radio stations · Band Leader
Nov. 2006 – Mai 2010
Self-employed at SentimentsRemembered
Sold plaques I illustrated with my partner's poems. · Sole Proprietor
Mai 2006 – Juli 2008
SUNY Brockport
maintained the darkroom in the Tower Fine Arts Building · Darkroom Lab Tech
Aug. 1986 – Dez. 1989