Work samples

  • Multitudes on Scrap II
    Multitudes on Scrap II

    2023
    wood scrap, acrylics, plant-based wood finish
    5” x 1.5” x 5.5”

  • Two, Or More?
    Two, Or More?

    5” x 6” x 5.5”
    driftwood, wood scrap, panel nails, acrylics, plant-based wood finish
    2023

  • Oak Scrap Box
    Oak Scrap Box

    2” x 9” x 2”
    wood scrap, acrylics
    2023

  • Spalted Maple Moon Box
    Spalted Maple Moon Box

    8” x 4’’ x 3’’
    wood, acrylics, plant-based wood finish
    2024

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About Leo

Baltimore City  

Leo Louise Cunningham (they/them) is a queer and trans non-binary artist, maker, and educator from Baltimore, MD. Their work celebrates non-conformity, mutualism, and patterns of brilliant abundance—often featuring intricate carved and burned patterns and bold colors contrasted with natural wood grain. Their creative practice challenges inherited notions of individualism and self-sufficiency while embracing resilience and cooperation in nature. With a passion for “queering” woodworking… more

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Big Stick

Inspired by brightly colored snail eggs, Big Stick (2024), is a testament to nature's abundance of possibility and celebrates the freaky weirdness of animal reproduction all around us. This piece of locally harvested driftwood became a perfectly grotesque canvas; its branchy protrusions have been carved into hundreds of pink orbs, carved one at a time using a micro-motor rotary tool.

  • Big Stick
    Big Stick

    22’’ x 10’’ x 11’’
    driftwood, acrylics
    2024

  • Big Stick
    Big Stick

    22’’ x 10’’ x 11’’
    driftwood, acrylics
    2024

  • Big Stick
    Big Stick

    22’’ x 10’’ x 11’’
    driftwood, acrylics
    2024

  • Big Stick - Process (1)
    Big Stick - Process (1)

    Carving process for Big Stick.

  • Big Stick - Process (2)
    Big Stick - Process (2)

    Painting process for Big Stick.

  • Big Stick - Process (3)
    Big Stick - Process (3)

    Painting process for Big Stick.

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    • Multitudes

    These sculptures celebrate mutations and multitudes as metaphors for non-conformity and growth—freaky patterns that challenge dominant narratives rooted in scarcity, competition, and individualism.

    • Multitudes on Scrap II
      Multitudes on Scrap II

      5” x 1.5” x 5.5”
      wood scrap, acrylics, plant-based wood finish
      2023

    • Two, or More?
      Two, or More?

      5” x 6” x 5.5”
      driftwood, wood scrap, panel nails, acrylics, plant-based wood finish
      2023

       

    • Sick Twig
      Sick Twig

      5” x 5” x 5”
      driftwood, acrylics
      2023

       

    • Spalted Maple Multitudes Box
      Spalted Maple Multitudes Box

      8” x 4’’ x 3’’
      wood, acrylics, plant-based wood finish
      2024

    • Multitudes on Reclaimed Drawers
      Multitudes on Reclaimed Drawers

      8'' x 4'' x 4''
      Reclaimed cedar drawer unit, acrylics, plant-based wood finish
      2023

    • Multitudes on Scrap I
      Multitudes on Scrap I

      18” x 5” x 1”
      wood scrap, acrylics
      2023

    • Stranger Things
      Stranger Things

      3’’ x 1.5’’ x 1.5’’
      wood, acrylics
      2023

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    • Boxes

    I'm perpetually in search of quirky canvases to explore new patterns. Wood scraps—leftover and reused from others' projects—inspire these small boxes, some sculptural, some more practical.

    • Small Walnut Vine Box
      Small Walnut Vine Box

      3.5'' x 1.25'' x 1.75''
      wood, plant-based wood finish
      2024

    • Mahogany Pattern Box
      Mahogany Pattern Box

      5.5'' x 2'' x 1.25''
      wood, hemp oil
      2024

    • Oak Scrap Box
      Oak Scrap Box

      2” x 9” x 2”
      wood scrap, acrylics
      2023

       

    • VIne Box
      VIne Box

      4'' x 4 '' x 6''
      wood, acrylics, hemp oil
      2023

    • Spalted Maple Moon Box
      Spalted Maple Moon Box

      8” x 4’’ x 3’’
      wood, acrylics, plant-based wood finish
      2024

    • Reclaimed Cedar Drawers
      Reclaimed Cedar Drawers

      3.25’’ x 3.25’’ x 3.75’’
      thrifted mini drawer unit, hemp oil
      2023

       

    • Pink Pine Box
      Pink Pine Box

      4'' x 4'' x 6''
      wood, spray paint
      2023

    • Black Pine Box
      Black Pine Box

      4'' x 4'' x 6''
      wood, leather dye
      2023

    • Multitudes Box
      Multitudes Box

      3.5'' x 1.5'' x 1.5''
      wood, acrylics, India ink, hemp oil
      2024

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