blacks and blues

(c) painting by janean lesyk

sketches for my sweetheart...

these are from my old sketchbook.
i just graduated high school and moved to charleston...
i was writing haiku poems, chasing my first love
and discovering myself.




(c) sketches by janean lesyk

world's knife

I am a moth’s wing
transparent and thin
anxiously fluttering around
always seeking light
always seeking
but thin and transparent.

I have forgotten to eat soul pie
filled up on fake cake
so hungry for light.

I feel the side of the world’s knife
spreading me thin
until absorbed and unrecognizable
so thin
like a moth’s wing
seeking light.

(c) 2001 painting and poem by janean lesyk

mind lurk

doodle by janean lesyk

tiny crime

so much
little time
press play
go rewind
every word
in bed
dance around
my head
so much
little lies
pressed against
sunrise
sunset
say goodbye
no regrets
i’m wise
so much
lost words
numb tongue
got burned
too much
lost time
won’t forget
tiny crime

(c) 2009 janean lesyk

wild thing !

doodling brought to you by ... JL

spanish harlem citrus

... one afternoon - nyc - 2000.

bowl full of ...

in the beginning...

while living in NYC,
i fell asleep with candles lit and jeff buckley on repeat...
i woke up to 'yard of blonde girls'
and noticed the most intense and beautiful shadow
next to my bed.
without hesitation, i picked up a pencil
and traced the abstract daffodils.

and that, my friends, began my style of painting
& obsession with marking each place i live.

beauty of a line

i love mail.
(my absolute favorite is a piece of snail mail.
however, any form will do.)
Today my friend emailed me
some drawings from my retired sketchbook.







it is nice to remember these things.
thanks B!
(c) janean lesyk

the eve of me

( poem & painting for tomorrow's eve - a short film by becca )
(c) 2003 janean lesyk

take me higher

(c) etching by janean lesyk

gushing stars

>>> a fun wall mural painted for
my best friend's little boy, Jaxon.

home is within

(c) 2001 janean lesyk