Surrey artist’s bubble paintings pop during Eastside Culture Crawl

The four days of Nov. 14-17 will mark the third Eastside Culture Crawl for Surrey-based artist Leslie Martin, who says she enjoys the annual festival that sees artists open their studios to the public.

This year’s Crawl features more than 500 artists in 55 buildings located in East Vancouver.

“It’s so much fun,” Martin confirmed. “My art in particular is very much about mental health and talking about my story and learning about other people’s stories, and just opening a conversation. So, events like this are excellent for meeting people and being able to talk to them about my art instead of just being in the online presence.”

Martin’s Bubble Fight Club profile on culturecrawl.ca reveals that she’s a bipolar artist who cares a lot about mental health and, at her 19th-floor apartment in Guildford, paints with watercolour soap bubbles.

Read the full article here