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Leon Oks’ dialogue with the canvas is a surprising one. He fills the without any controversy or question. His paintings are a beautiful,
space with apparently amorphous, barely distinguishable human sensual, luscious force of nature that warms the eyes, the heart,
shapes that seem to coalesce into one another, using every inch of and the soul. Whether it is the picturesque little Ukrainian village,
the surface. Other paintings, such as the country landscapes and the forest s of birch trees, sumptuous exaggerated nudes, or bouquets
well organized and structured town scenes, breathe less tension than of elegant organic females clustered together on the campus, the
his compositions. Oks proves to be a versatile artist who masters a composition, the color, the harmonic exuberance of his paintings
variety of styles. touch deep and true. He abstracts the essence of his subjects in a
In the midst of the chronic, lingering, never-ending debate about unique, whimsical way and makes it his own.
“What is art? ” we look at the art of Leon Oks and decide it is art Julie Robins Greenberg

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