About The Artist

Hello Friends! My name is Alitha A. Alford, I am the artist of leeleeluvjoyart. I was born in Angeles City, Pampanga, Phillippines in 1985. I am Filipina, Black American, mixed media collage artist and acrylic painter, based in New York City, New York.

My first experience as an artist was in 1999, when as a 13 year old, in Indianapolis, IN, I worked with Jim Sarno (Walt Disney Imagineer, who worked on the opening team for Disney’s Epcot) on a fabric mural project for CTB McGraw-Hill. It was my first taste of being published as an artist, being on the local news, and working with a phenomenal, professional artist. My mural was published in McGraw-Hill’s School Year Calendar for 1999/2000.

I believe that being an artist is something that one is born to do and can be either a self taught and/or formal practice. In my experience, I went on to study art throughout my childhood to present day through practical experience, learning through trial and error, and self learning studying the works of Van Gogh, Picasso, Georgia O’Keefe, Jackson Pollock, Salvador Dali, Seurat, and Monet as my teachers alongside my art instructors and mentors from my adolescent school years.

In June 2021, I was published for the second time. My digital artwork of mine called, “Banabas and Mangos” was picked and published in Overachiever Magazine. You are welcome to take a peak at the art piece along with other fantastic work created by other talented artist at this link: https://www.overachievermagazine.com/2021/06/29/june-ii-issue-art-roundup/

2022 Publications:

Coloring book for NYC Filipinos project, called “Stronger Together: Volume 2”

2023 Publications:

Coloring book for NYC Filipinos project, called “Stronger Together: Volume 3”

2024 Publications:

ART EXHIBITS, SHOWS, POP UPS:

2021 ARTS GOWANUS OPEN STUDIOS (October)
2022 LONG BEACH (California) UBE FESTIVAL (February)
2022 ARTS GOWANUS OPEN STUDIOS (October)
2022 PINAY ART SHOW (October)
2022 FESTIVE FIESTA: HOLIDAY POP UP (December)
2023 ARTS GOWANUS OPEN STUDIOS (October)
2024 PANGARAP; SPEAKING DREAMS INTO REALITY (May)
2024 ARTS GOWANUS OPEN STUDIOS (October)
2024 BALIKBAYAN; COMING HOME TO YOUR WHOLE SELF (October)

SERVICES I PROVIDE:

I host private paint and craft workshops for all ages. I provide all the materials, either travel to a facility or space you would like to host an event or facilitate your event, and do set up and clean up.
I am accepting commissions (please note that my art style isn’t photorealistic. I am an abstract, collage portrait artist and create work in my unique artistic style).
I am open to painting custom apparel, shoes, and accessories.
I also sell prints of my artworks and also merchandise (stickers, enamel or button pins, coffee mugs, shirts, etc.) that I custom design or print my artworks on.

I work primarily in mixed media collage work and acrylic paint on canvas and wood panel. I also dabble in wood work, wood burning, sculpture, custom painting apparel and accessories. I currently work out of my art studio, based in Brooklyn, NY, in the Gowanus neighborhood. I moved to New York in 2021, to pursue my dream; a career in art and founded leeleeluvjoyart. I am part of three art collectives: The Brooklyn Art Cluster Art Collective(2021), FOBB$ NYC Art Collective (2022), and I cofounded an all Filipina art collective, The Tsismosas Art Collective, in 2022. I am also a proud artist belonging to the Arts Gowanus community in Brooklyn.

Thank you for taking an interest in my art, I am truly grateful to you!

For inquires about commissions, hiring me to host a private sip and paint or craft/paint workshop, purchasing of any original art pieces along with dimensions and sizes, or inquiries on purchasing digital prints, you can fill out the form below! All inquiries will be answered within a 24 hour period (I usually respond quickly!). I look forward to hearing from you and working with you!

Thank you so much or as we say in the Phillippines, Maraming Salamat Po!

Take Care! I wish you a beautiful day!

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