Sleep Painting and imagines a place where

and imagines a place where the language of difference breaks down

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

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

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

Sleep Painting and imagines a place whereDetails 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