Eliza Leonard by Tom Jones, 2019

Reproduction of an inkjet print with beads, rhinestones, and shells

  • Digital mock-up showing where murals will be located outside of the Madison Public Market
    Image credit: Tom Jones

    Elizah Leonard by Tom Jones original mockup

    Image credit: Tom Jones
  • Elizah Leonard by Tom Jones installation

    Eliza Leonard by Tom Jones being installed by SpeedPro.

  • Elizah Leonard by Tom Jones

    Original Elizah Leonard by Tom Jones

  • Elizah Leonard by Tom Jones fully installed

    Eliza Leonard by Tom Jones fully installed.

Elizah Leonard is a champion dancer and recipient of an All-American Scholarship for wrestling. In this portrait Leonard wears a Fancy Dance shawl, made by her mother, and a beaded necklace and earrings, made by her grandfather. Jones then sewed beads, rhinestones, and shells onto the print. This work won second prize in the 2022 Outwin Portrait Competition at The National Portrait Gallery. 

Funded by the Hoke Family Foundation and the Madison Arts Commission

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