These pieces were included  in my recent exhibit, “Intimate Findings”, which was featured in the ARTSPLACE Gallery May 31-July 14 2025. It is  a collection of brightly coloured, soft sculptures which are abstractly representative of intimate connection erroneously sought within the scope of sexuality.
"These pieces were constructed as I completed a life review in addiction recovery.  As I review the years leading up to those first steps toward clarity, patterns arose in my rear view mirror. It’s only through a compassionate evaluation that I could allow the tales of former exploits to evolve into soft, figurative expressions of an almost comically copious copulative past- respectfully."
The warm, vibrant colours, fluorescent pinks and oranges and deep reds illustrate physical longing and sensuality on a quilted stage, this is not a dissonant repent. Each piece represents a moment in my timeline, the energy of a relationship, brief or otherwise. The tangibility of heightened sensations - emotional and physical. Each piece was hand and machine sewn in a careful and organic way of shaping and molding fabric puzzle pieces together. The sculptures intuitively became a moment in time as well as a structure completely new and independent of premeditated definition.

MURDER AT THE DART! My series of Crow and Raven work featuring ceramics by the talented Susan Pazcek. July14 -August 4th, 2017 at The Dart Gallery, 127 Portland St. Dartmouth

 Picture"Crow!" Acrylic on Canvas 40" x 96"

Group SHows in The Craig Gallery
December 2015

Fear the Darkness Haunted House 2018
Resident Muralist
I was the Mural Artist for the 2018 Haunted House activity at Alderney Landing, I love working on this scale!

Self ef-Face, Series of Large Scale Portraits Exhibited at The Dart Gallery June 4-21, 2015

The Findlay Wall Mural
HRM Place Making Project in Downtown Dartmouth

I was so fortunate to have the opportunity to design The Findlay Wall Mural. This was an HRM Place Making Project lead by Scott Penton, Sarah Robinson, Tara Grude and Kate MacLellan. What an amazing experience beginning to end. It fortifies my belief that the Dartmouth community has unbelievable heart which is matched by few others!
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Detail from "Boys Don't Make Passes" "Self ef-FACE - Large Scale Portraits of Women by Lee Cripps" Upcoming Exhibit at The Dart Gallery, 127 Portland Street, Dartmouth Nova Scotia Opening Reception June 4th at 6PM, Email: [email protected]: 902.404.7330
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"A Lad" 20" x 20" $225 Available at the Dart Gallery, 127A Portland Street
My portrait of Bowie was created for a themed show at the Dart Gallery on Portland Street. Bowie! It is available through the Dart Gallery in Dartmouth.
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Picture"Insight" Oil and charcoal on canvas Based on a life drawing done in the spring, I was drawn to the model's eyes and wanted to comment on the moments of clarity we sometimes have, yet are so very susceptible to lack of insight and inability to truly 'see' using all of our senses.
My painting is mainly oil on canvas or panel. I like to experiment with charcoal and enamel as well and often use an acrylic underpainting.
My subjects for the figurative works are from Life Drawing sessions through groups like Dartmouth Art Students League.

The portrait sources come from various genres of found media, friends, colleagues, etc.

My focus and intention is to create ongoing series of works which explore the themes of Feminism with the the sub-themes but not exclusive to Female Power, Feminine Sexuality, Physical Beauty and Vulnerability.

My work is often about perception and intuitive painting rather than realism. ©LC2015
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"Undaunted" oil on canvas 24" x 30"
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"Sway" oil on canvas 8" x 10"
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"Swell" oil on canvas 8" x 10"
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"Howl" oil on canvas
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"Five" oil on canvas
Rituals, Routines and Repetition: The Dark Muse

 

Rituals and routines offer comfort in busy chaos. Muscle memory takes the lead and our mind is left to wander and prepare itself for the day or solve a problem at hand.

There comes a point, however when these habits contort themselves and turn a dark corner. Routine suddenly twists into a sick compulsion. A ritual becomes an obsession. A habit – an addiction. The three healthy reliables become dark sirens in the night. This is my piece.

This piece currently can be seen in the group show Routines to Rituals at VANS until March 28, 2014, along with pieces by Chris Brobeck, Anna Horsnell-Wade, Anne Launcelott, Maritza Miari, and Barbara Schmeisser. Curated by Maritza Miari.

http://www.visualarts.ns.ca/routines-to-rituals-curated-by-maritza-miari/


“The Dark Muse” 2014
Oil on Canvas
36” x 48”
Lee Cripps
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"Door" 2011 3'x4' Oil on Canvas
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"Rose Coloured Glasses" Diptych 2 X 24" x 60" Oil on Panel 2014. This piece is from a series of large-scale portraits from found online 'selfies'. The motivation stems from The lack of venues available to young women to safely explore their sexuality. The female sexual rite of passage does not exist. Instead we are held captive by impossible beauty standards and limited outlets of exploration. These portraits are expressions of the awkward and sometimes ignominious results of these girls' endeavors.
Copyright Lee Cripps 2013
"Boredom" 3'x4' Oil and Enamel on Canvas This piece is currently being exhibited at The Dart Gallery on Portland Street in Dartmouth. For more info contact Jane at info[at]thedartgallery.com. www.thedartgallery.com
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"Shy" 2013 4'x5' Oil and Enamel on Canvas
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"Nude, 3 Minutes" Charcoal and Acrylic on paper
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"The Art Of Fumbling Through The Vanity of Sexuality" 2014 A multimedia piece created for The Feminist Art Queer Collective exhibit at "H3Q: Head, Heart & Health of Queers Art Show"