Lexi
Created by: Jenny Leonard
Sponsored by: BID Leicester
Location: Middletons Steakhouse – St Martins
Overview
Artist Jenny Leonard has reimagined her Elephant sculpture as a giant 3D portrait, featuring dozens of stark black and white abstract faces that blend into one another. The more you look at them the more faces you’ll find!
Location
Middletons Steakhouse – St Martins
Meet the Artist
Jenny Leonard
I am a community driven commission artist always pursuing collaborative art projects that bring people together. I currently draw live illustrations for virtual online events and take illustration and painting commissions. I specialize in murals and site specific public art for the community. I have exhibited over 80 sculptures on public art trails and have collectively raised over 250k for partnering charities. My best sale at auction for Wild in Art was £25k for the flagship Elephant designed for The Big Trunk trail in Luton in 2021.
Meet the Sponsor
BID Leicester
BID Leicester is here to help the city centre thrive! Funded by local businesses, we deliver events, campaigns and services that showcase Leicester and make it a cleaner, greener, safer and more vibrant city centre. From city-wide festivals, to our brand new My Leicester App and brilliant trails like Stomp Around Leicester, we’re all about creating reasons to visit, explore and enjoy everything our amazing city has to offer.
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