Leslie Sweder
@theslowmatter.bsky.social
Tracing perception and relation in living systems. Wetlands are my studio, my collaborator. Listening is my practice. www.sweder.art
Pinned
🌿Field Notes is live! — reflections from wetlands, embodied experience & the small stories shaping my art practice.
First up: Notes on Place — a meditation on memory & change.
Dive in: sweder.art/fieldnotes 🍃
#SlowMatter #EcoArt #PlaceBased #ArtistOnBluesky
First up: Notes on Place — a meditation on memory & change.
Dive in: sweder.art/fieldnotes 🍃
#SlowMatter #EcoArt #PlaceBased #ArtistOnBluesky
October 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Notes on Shale: The Corner Brook Stream. Newfoundland, CA
Oil on Birch Panel
9 x 12 x 1.5 inches/22.86 x 30.48 x 3.81 cm
#artistsonbluesky #contemporaryart #painting #Canadianart #notes
Oil on Birch Panel
9 x 12 x 1.5 inches/22.86 x 30.48 x 3.81 cm
#artistsonbluesky #contemporaryart #painting #Canadianart #notes
October 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Notes on Shale: The Corner Brook Stream. Newfoundland, CA
Oil on Birch Panel
9 x 12 x 1.5 inches/22.86 x 30.48 x 3.81 cm
#artistsonbluesky #contemporaryart #painting #Canadianart #notes
Oil on Birch Panel
9 x 12 x 1.5 inches/22.86 x 30.48 x 3.81 cm
#artistsonbluesky #contemporaryart #painting #Canadianart #notes
In the Dirt
sideways to sense the boundary between my own flesh and the forest floor.
a small part of the earth, returning.
#Sideways #BlueskyArtShow #InTheDirt #getoutside #fieldnotes #bodyandland #ecologicalart
sideways to sense the boundary between my own flesh and the forest floor.
a small part of the earth, returning.
#Sideways #BlueskyArtShow #InTheDirt #getoutside #fieldnotes #bodyandland #ecologicalart
July 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
In the Dirt
sideways to sense the boundary between my own flesh and the forest floor.
a small part of the earth, returning.
#Sideways #BlueskyArtShow #InTheDirt #getoutside #fieldnotes #bodyandland #ecologicalart
sideways to sense the boundary between my own flesh and the forest floor.
a small part of the earth, returning.
#Sideways #BlueskyArtShow #InTheDirt #getoutside #fieldnotes #bodyandland #ecologicalart
Legs Like Tree Trunks
between rooted things
sweder.art/projects/in-...
#BlueSkyArtShow #GetOutside #fieldnotes #ecologicalart #bodyandland #artistsonbluesky
between rooted things
sweder.art/projects/in-...
#BlueSkyArtShow #GetOutside #fieldnotes #ecologicalart #bodyandland #artistsonbluesky
June 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Legs Like Tree Trunks
between rooted things
sweder.art/projects/in-...
#BlueSkyArtShow #GetOutside #fieldnotes #ecologicalart #bodyandland #artistsonbluesky
between rooted things
sweder.art/projects/in-...
#BlueSkyArtShow #GetOutside #fieldnotes #ecologicalart #bodyandland #artistsonbluesky
The 23rd of June...
a small stirring
#fieldnotes #smallmovements #silentmovie #videoart #ecologicalart #artistsonbluesky #handheldvideo #wetland
a small stirring
#fieldnotes #smallmovements #silentmovie #videoart #ecologicalart #artistsonbluesky #handheldvideo #wetland
June 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The 23rd of June...
a small stirring
#fieldnotes #smallmovements #silentmovie #videoart #ecologicalart #artistsonbluesky #handheldvideo #wetland
a small stirring
#fieldnotes #smallmovements #silentmovie #videoart #ecologicalart #artistsonbluesky #handheldvideo #wetland
Eddy, August 18, 2017.
SE end of St. Patrick’s Island Bridge.
Where the current folds into itself—soft resistance, circling memory.
Oil on birch panel, from Notes on Current:
sweder.art/projects/notesoncurrent
#QueerEcologies #FeministEcologies #PleinAirPainting #NotesOnCurrent #ArtistsOnBluesky
SE end of St. Patrick’s Island Bridge.
Where the current folds into itself—soft resistance, circling memory.
Oil on birch panel, from Notes on Current:
sweder.art/projects/notesoncurrent
#QueerEcologies #FeministEcologies #PleinAirPainting #NotesOnCurrent #ArtistsOnBluesky
June 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Eddy, August 18, 2017.
SE end of St. Patrick’s Island Bridge.
Where the current folds into itself—soft resistance, circling memory.
Oil on birch panel, from Notes on Current:
sweder.art/projects/notesoncurrent
#QueerEcologies #FeministEcologies #PleinAirPainting #NotesOnCurrent #ArtistsOnBluesky
SE end of St. Patrick’s Island Bridge.
Where the current folds into itself—soft resistance, circling memory.
Oil on birch panel, from Notes on Current:
sweder.art/projects/notesoncurrent
#QueerEcologies #FeministEcologies #PleinAirPainting #NotesOnCurrent #ArtistsOnBluesky
🌿Field Notes is live! — reflections from wetlands, embodied experience & the small stories shaping my art practice.
First up: Notes on Place — a meditation on memory & change.
Dive in: sweder.art/fieldnotes 🍃
#SlowMatter #EcoArt #PlaceBased #ArtistOnBluesky
First up: Notes on Place — a meditation on memory & change.
Dive in: sweder.art/fieldnotes 🍃
#SlowMatter #EcoArt #PlaceBased #ArtistOnBluesky
June 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🌿Field Notes is live! — reflections from wetlands, embodied experience & the small stories shaping my art practice.
First up: Notes on Place — a meditation on memory & change.
Dive in: sweder.art/fieldnotes 🍃
#SlowMatter #EcoArt #PlaceBased #ArtistOnBluesky
First up: Notes on Place — a meditation on memory & change.
Dive in: sweder.art/fieldnotes 🍃
#SlowMatter #EcoArt #PlaceBased #ArtistOnBluesky