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Leah Wells
@leahwellsstudio.bsky.social
Artist ~ Curator ~ Nature Girl
✨Photography / Printmaking / Botanical Alchemy✨

www.leahwells.com
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Elsa Schiaparelli and Salvador Dali's Skeleton Dress, 1938
#Halloween #SalvadorDali #ElsaSchiaparelli
October 31, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Wading into the Anthotype pool. 💜

The image is a botanical contact print crow that I made with onion skins. I photographed the crow and used it to print the images below.

Top: 2 layers Ox-eye sunflower under 2 layers of black current.

Bottom: 4 layers Rose of Sharon

Exposure time : 30 hrs
September 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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All folks, you should see this!
September 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"Persephone" has also been selected for Naturalist Galley's Figurative show.

Hydrangea botanical contact print made with my daughter's college graduation flowers. 💕

As always celebrating the divine feminine and our intricate connection to the Earth. ✨✨✨
July 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I am thrilled that "Harithi" has also been selected for Naturalist Galley's Figurative show.

Hydrangea and rose petal botanical contact print. As always celebrating the divine feminine and our intricate connection to the Earth. ✨✨✨

Beautiful inspiration by the incredible @ericlalone.bsky.social
July 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
So pleased that "Astri" has been selected for the Figurative show at Naturalist Gallery. The essence of the Divine Feminine. ✨✨✨

Hydrangea and Japanese maple botanical contact print. Inspired by the incredible work of @ericlalone.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"Ode to Ruth", a botanical contact print made of rose petals and carnations and based on the iconic image In The Box Vertical by Ruth Bernhard, has been selected for Naturalist Gallery's Figurative show. I am so pleased. This was truly a labor of love. Process shot included. ✨
July 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻
June 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The Burden is Heavy. Monotype on Arches Cover Paper.
June 8, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Enchanted forest at sundown. ✨
May 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Wisteria peacock. 🦚Botanical contact print in progress. Inspired by a stunning image from @saltaylorkydd.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The thrill of not one, but two Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. ❤️
May 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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she is a goddess
who speaks in silence
and waits in the dark;
never in light
never in softness,
but always in the wounds

he knelt,
not to pray
but to break
at her altar

she did not save him
she made his ruin sacred

and he loved her for it

#poetry
#writingcommunity
April 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Flowering Cherry 🌸
April 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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I am actually very tired, thank you for asking, Langston Hughes.
April 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Butterfly Mica Monoprint. 🦋
April 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I am so pleased that Juno has been juried into the Maryland Federation of Arts show Human Expressions.

Mixed media rose Botanical Contact Print of the glorious Anh Wisle.✨✨✨

#botanicalcontactprint
#roses
April 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Snowy Trees and Bridalveil No. 3, Yosemite

#yosemite #photography #waterfalls
March 30, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The beautiful work of @brittripley.bsky.social and Sandhill Cranes 🤩
March 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Daisies for spring 🌼
#botanicalcontactprint made into sculptural form. #mothernature

✨Photo collaboration with the magnificent @tracejournals ✨
March 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
More of this please. Love. Respect. Nurture. Growth. ♥️
March 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Printing with some leftover ink. Sketchy. 🖤

#printmaking #crows #ink
March 16, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Mixed media photograph and gold mica paint
#photography
#paint
#womenartists
#blue
#gold
#botanical
March 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM