Artful Inspirations
A Simple Line Painted with the Brush Leads to Freedom and Happiness* Stuart Leask: From Photojournalist to Fine Artist in Thirty Short Years Story By Christina Heintzelman cheintzelman@benchmarkmediallc.com
Photos Supplied By Stuart Leask, Artist
*From a quote by Joan Miro. hen someone begins an interview with the statement, “Back in the 80’s getting into trouble is what saved me,” you know you are in for a remarkably interesting story. Welcome to the wild ride that has been Stuart Leask’s life. From his early years, Leask was influenced by his parents’ love of bright colors – picture purple walls and orange chairs - and his father’s job as a talented photographer working for S.I. Newhouse Sr. whose
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family owns Conde Nast, a cable company, and various newspapers including The Harrisburg Patriot-News. “From my father I learned how to compose a picture to capture a moment in time – to tell a story in a single frame,” Leask says. One million of his father’s negatives from his time with The Harrisburg Patriot News have been donated to the Historical Society of Dauphin County as a time capsule of events from 1952 through 1995, portraying important times in Harrisburg and the famous people who came to the
