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AEDNo Fun, No Practice (Pia Leighton)
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About Auction
TimedNov 12, 2026 - Dec 3, 2026
Art for Tibet info@artfortibet.org
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Mixed media: archival print, acrylic, LEGO bricks, and epoxy on wood panel.
15.5" x 11.5"
Unframed
About the piece:
This piece brings together two important parts of my artistic life: my training in traditional Tibetan thangka painting under Pema Rinzin, who taught me how to draw a line, and Whisker & Brush, the children’s art school I founded. By introducing colorful LEGO bricks into a traditional image of Avalokiteshvara, I wanted to create an unexpected encounter between discipline and spontaneity, tradition and play. The piece celebrates play as something we never outgrow, and creativity as a space where we can all meet.
About the artist:
Pia Leighton is a Chilean-born artist, teacher and writer based in Amagansett, New York, whose practice spans painting, installation, and poetry. As the founder of Whisker & Brush, a year-round art school for children, she guides young artists in building a lifelong creative practice.
Her move to New York to pursue a PhD in Spanish Literature at New York University also led her to the New York Tibetan Art Studio, where she studied traditional thangka painting under Pema Rinzin for over a decade. Her doctoral work, drawing studies, and training as a Reiki Master in the Pause in Joy lineage in Los Angeles inform her approach to art and teaching.
Her TreeField installations use lines of thread in the landscape to explore space, tension, and connection. These include the ongoing *JoyField* at LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton.
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Connect with the artist:
Instagram @pialeightonm @whiskerandbrush
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