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C O M M I S S I O N S
Frequent assignments for the New York Times and Harper's Magazine.
Most of these images were created for "The Stone", a New York Times Opinion Page "forum for contemporary philosophers and other thinkers on issues both timely and timeless" with art director, Alexandra Zsigmond.
Read the original story for each using link in caption.
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![Leigh Wells, collage art, works on paper, art, contemporary art, female artists, San Francisco artist, abstract art, abstraction, illustration, editorial illustration, Harper's Magazine, fiction illustration](https://format.creatorcdn.com/e32c5cb2-3803-4d5b-b82c-df500221c3bd/0/0/0/0,0,1800,2193,400,2193/0-0-0/86aad11d-da99-4677-8619-bfb79bc481e9/1/1/LWHarperFinish.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037609379~hmac=a9cc68961ee63cc9eb06f878c3feb12debb9407b1ab4ad1ebff5af2742183f1e)
![Leigh Wells, collage art, works on paper, art, contemporary art, female artists, San Francisco artist, abstract art, abstraction, illustration, editorial illustration, op-ed illustration, New York Times, Gordon Marino](https://format.creatorcdn.com/e32c5cb2-3803-4d5b-b82c-df500221c3bd/0/0/0/0,0,1340,1072,400,1072/0-0-0/66c213b5-7dbd-40bd-b5ed-a14754892dc1/1/1/LWellsNYTRegret2_1340_c.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037609379~hmac=d853a94988879fed456177a708fa1d2c6567e189f626d155fa3e64e44ac34099)
![Leigh Wells, collage art, works on paper, art, contemporary art, female artists, San Francisco artist, abstract art, abstraction, illustration, editorial illustration, op-ed illustration, New York Times, Pico Iyer](https://format.creatorcdn.com/e32c5cb2-3803-4d5b-b82c-df500221c3bd/0/0/0/0,0,1340,1129,400,1129/0-0-0/c02b0333-6a06-4885-bc10-d5e1d3d89e08/1/1/LWellsNYT3_1340_c.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037609379~hmac=f09bc7730759594d67a5326a35e75d5182e782ad560de75191bacde5b58d3cd1)
![Leigh Wells, collage art, works on paper, art, contemporary art, female artists, San Francisco artist, abstract art, abstraction, illustration, editorial illustration, op-ed illustration, New York Times, Costica Bradatan](https://format.creatorcdn.com/e32c5cb2-3803-4d5b-b82c-df500221c3bd/0/0/0/0,0,1340,1006,400,1006/0-0-0/1d56fa3a-3f1e-4fb2-a9db-47acaa888262/1/1/LWellsNYTCollage_1340_c_1340_c.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037609379~hmac=70582b4a9644219db5a3e3738379b3c8aad95e8c6245fe110f29338785875566)