After several years as a resident of Los Angeles, artist Lesley Reppeteaux lived as an ex-pat in Paris, Barcelona and Berlin before making a more permanent move to Portland, Oregon. Known for eclectic, poignant painting and illustration that often includes portraits of quirky lasses, Reppeteaux’s art mixes the sublime with a shadowy expressionism. Art Ltd. magazine recently listed Reppeteaux as one of several notable artists in “Pop Surrealism” to emerge from the West Coast. The Halifax, Nova Scotia native is also a comic book author/artist under the name Black Olive (through Slave Labor Graphics). In her comic Outlook:Grim, Reppeteaux brought to life a kick-ass heroine who fought the supernatural. In Screwtooth, a frail, wheelchair-bound girl found hope from within her trapped chambers. more ›