
LESLEY MISERABLES is painter M. Turner whose work is inspired by nature and the influence it has on one’s psyche, whose paintings are made in a swift colorful stream of conciseness.
Growing up in the heart of the Midlands, with thick dense city scapes just a few miles away from roaring country side, where a clear night time sky was observed, with the wonder and mysteries of life and an existence soaked into the mind and body and stored somewhere to be revisited another time.
Now based full time in London, from a sturdy shed at the bottom of his garden, M. Turner therapeutically works his way through years of mental images, feelings and thoughts, considerations and perplexmxent are now attempted to be brushed down onto a canvas.
Having never studied, been taught or had any guidance in painting, M Turner explores his own ability and each painting represents a true naivety and showcases the artistic journey.
About the FolkArtwork Collective
Not only can you shop original work from this great artist, there’s much more where that came from! It brings me great pleasure to introduce the FolkArtwork Collective — a phenomenal group of self-taught and contemporary emerging artists from across the globe. Jackie Bradshaw, Esteban Whiteside, Sarah Lee, and Noel Hatfield are the first artists to bring original artwork directly to the FolkArtwork web store on both FolkArtwork.art/shop and directly on Instagram. I am very pleased to also add Reneesha Mccoy, Jordan Sullivan, Gabrielle K Brown, Christopher Bame, Max Kuhn, Ben Gardner and in 2024, Melody Jean Moulton, Dinah Hanson-Carrillo, Lindsay Carraway, Kathy Edwards Hayslett, Lorena Eliasen, Mike Combs, and James Ash to the collective. More artists art continuing to join in 2025 including Des Moines own Alexandre Shiffer, Lesley Miserables from London, and contemporary visionary artist Linda DiLeva.
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