- Origin: Meridian, Mississippi
- Active: Murfreesboro (Rutherford County)
- Region: Middle
- Mediums: Mixed Media, Painting
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Leroy Hodges
A native of Meridian, Mississippi, Leroy Hodges attended and graduated from Harris High School. After high school, he attended Mississippi Valley State University where he earned a Bachelors of Arts in Mathematics with a minor in Physics. Upon graduation, Leroy served his country, joining the United States Air Force in Upstate New York. Leroy returned to school, obtaining a Master of Science degree in Mathematics from Middle Tennessee State University, during which time he became an instructor of Math in MTSU’s Mathematics and Computer Science Department. He received his second bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from MTSU. Leroy moved to Washington D. C. to work for the Naval Computer and Telecommunication Agency with his wife (Barbara). Leroy has received numerous performance awards in the area of computer programming.
Growing up the artist embraced the beauty of life and nature despite the socio-political times and events occurring around him. In the late 1990’s, his artistic style evolved through self-study, workshops, and training under various artists. Oil paint is his preferred medium, chosen for its “richness and purity of color.” Leroy describes his artistic style as expressive, thought[1]provoking, and imaginative, underscored by a particular penchant for painting spectacular skies.
Art allows me to express what I feel, think, and experience. Growing up in Meridian, I learned to appreciate the beauty of life and nature despite challenging times and events. “Nature with all its beauty reflects a moment in time. Through painting, I can capture not only the beauty in nature, but also what can be imagined, the struggle, joy, and pain of the Human Spirit”. Art allows me to express my God given abilities in ways the world have not seen before, and to unlock nature’s unique shapes and creations.
Hodges works with intense and colorful palette choices – which the artist described as “brilliant, poignant, bold, and textural resulting in a vibrancy of color and subject matter. Hodges works between a number of modernist stylistic reference – from drip style painting, cubism, blue tones, and color fields to abstraction. Leroy has the uncanny ability to unify these divergent styles on canvas.
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