"You Will Never Be As Happy As This"

You Will Never Be As Happy As This

Title: Two's Company. Three's A Garage.

"Two's Company. Three's A Garage."

"Let's Ride"

Title: Let's Ride

"Arizoned Out"

Title: Arizoned Out

Title: I Can Still Make Par

"I Can Still Make Par"

Title: The Pisser

"The Pisser"

Title: Counsel Approaching The Bench IV

"Counsel Approaching The Bench IV"

Title: Counter Terrorist

"Counter Terrorist"

"I'm Low And Depressed. But I Feel Better When I look At You

I'm Low And Depressed. But I Feel Better When I look At You

"Cyranose"

Title: Cyranose

"Inner Peace. Hey, No Problem."

Title: Inner Peace. Hey, No Problem.

Oil pastel on mounted Canson pastel paper

"I Told You Never To Call Me At The Office."

Title: I Told You Never To Call Me At The Office.

Title: Best Part Of Teaching? June. July & August.

"Best Part Of Teaching? June. July & August."

Title: Mt. Puffmore

"Mt. Puffmore"

"Booga Booga"

Title: Booga Booga

"Of Course I Love You. Why Do You Ask?"

Title: Of Course I Love You. Why Do You Ask?

Title: I Don't Do Windows.

"I Don't Do Windows."

"Have You Guys ever Considered Going Into Physical Therapy?"

Title: Have You Guys ever Considered Going Into Physical Therapy?

Title: OMG. He's So Cute.

"OMG. He's So Cute."

"Organ Recital"

Title: Organ Recital

"Butt Head"

Title: Butt Head

"Floozy"

Title: Floozy

"Dammit Alice. I Have Bait!"

Title: Dammit Alice. I Have Bait!

"Nosemite"

Title: Nosemite

Title: Counsel Approaching The Bench III

"Counsel Approaching The Bench III"

Title: May Be Armed. Do Complete Body Search.

"May Be Armed. Do Complete Body Search."

Title: Let's Just Loosen Things Up A Bit.

"Let's Just Loosen Things Up A Bit."

Title: Love Is In The Air

"Love Is In The Air"

Title: Land Of The Brave

"Land Of The Brave"

How I created Art That Makes You Laugh

"Uh-Oh!"

“Uh-Oh!”

Jeff Leedy: The Fine Art Humorist with a Twist.
Come into the world of Jeff Leedy, where art and humor collide like a comedian crashing a formal dinner party. Jeff's not your typical artist – he's the guy who conceives ideas outside the lines and paints colorfully outside the box. If you are in the mood for a good chuckle and an abundance of color, Jeff Leedy’s art is for you! Born in New York Jeff was not born into a family of artists, never the less at a ”very early age” he loved to draw- it was his entertainment! At 15, Jeff entered the Art Students League of New York to study art and one summer you'd find Jeff in a Times Square arcade hawking copper portraits to tourists.

Jeff continued his art studies and later received a BFA in Advertising & Illustration from Syracuse University School of Fine Art. Once Jeff was told that “Advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on”, this quote led to a 15-year stint working with big-name New York ad agencies, including the likes of Y&R. In 1974 Jeff decided to pack up his sense of humor and advertising chops, and headed to San Francisco, where he won a Clio, the ”Oscar” of advertising. In 1978, Jeff turned to freelance as a humorous illustrator, and for the next eight years, he white-knuckled his way through life creating humorous works for advertising. And then came 1989 – a year of a humor breakthrough! First, Jeff entered, and incredibly won a gold medal in the NY Society of Illustrators' only Humor Show, besting a whopping 3,300 international entries. At the same time, his work was accepted into the Sausalito Art Festival, the #1 outdoor art festival in the country! And again and again for 18 straight years! Today, Jeff resides in Boise, Idaho, with his wife Elaine, and he's still on a mission to share his humor with countless fans. With over 100 hilarious images in print poking fun at dogs, cats, lawyers (why not, right?), golf, wine, and human behavior, Jeff aims to lift everyone’s spirits. In addition to his signature humor-infused art, Jeff has created two-minute humorous videos called ”The Funday Sunnies” (yet to be discovered), and two lines of stickers: ”Wine Back Labels©” to jazz up your wine bottles for parties and ”PotStickers©” that humorously explore the world of cannabis. 

"Greetings there, art aficionados. I'm Jeff Leedy, your off beat fine art humorist. I’m on a lifelong journey to add some good laughs into this troubled world. God knows we need them now more than ever.
Picture this: I was a young kid with an endless passion for doodles and sketching. My dad, a man of numbers and spreadsheets, looked at his budding young artist and thought, ”We got to get this kid some art lessons!” And so, off I went to study at the Art Students League of New York (5 years!), an institution so old, even the paint there has its own retirement plan. It's where I learned to draw at the age of 15!!!. Years later while job hunting in NYC, one eventful day in Times Square, something incredible happened. As I dragged around with my big black portfolio (imagine dragging around a small elephant), a stranger beckoned me, ”Say, would you show me your art?” As I pulled a few pieces out, the owner of a nearby junky arcade yelled out, “Hey kid, want a job?”
What followed was a journey into the incredible world of doing portraits in copper for tourists! One portrait in copper. In 2 minutes. It was a wild learning experience.

And after 15 years in advertising, (including doing work for Y&R), 8 years as a free lance illustrator, fast-forward to today, I've carved my niche in the art world by creating ”Art That Makes You Laugh©” From swimming shark fins in ”Counsel Approaching The Bench” to the legendary ”Demando Cat”, my mission as an artist is clear: I do the art I love, to make me and you happy! Early on I used my favorite pastel paper Canson Mi Teintes. Now I use boards or canvas and I draw & paint with both Caran d’ Ache and Sennelier oil pastels. I don’t use black, grey or brown in my paintings. Ever! Hey, I think that’s why people love my color.

My creative process is all about snagging those brilliant ideas like they're the ring on a merry go ‘round.. They go right into my sketchbooks, and someday, I'll put those sketches onto my final art, my original paintings, ready to attack your funny bone.
My customers frequently tell me, “Your art makes me happy!” Does that happen with Degas? Picasso? Rembrandt? Titian? No way. In a world that has bad news all around us, we could use more humor. My art is a healthy serving of what we need as human beings. Laughter. 
https://www.artthatmakesyoulaugh.com/

HMVC Gallery New York

Hokusai

Jeff Leedy