LEIGH WELLS

"To Philosophize is to Learn How to Die" for a New York Times opinion piece. April 2020. 

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. 


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New York Times,

"It’s Not Just a Chemical Imbalance", Kelli María Korducki, July 2019.
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Harper's Magazine, "Violations", Catherine Lacey, March 2018.

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

New York Times, “What is the Use of Regret?", Gordon Marino, Nov 12, 2016.

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
New York Times, “What Do We Know?” Pico Iyer, Dec 31, 2016.   
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New York Times, "Why Do Anything? A Meditation on Procrastination", Costica Bradatan, Sept 17, 2016.

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