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Artist:

Chapin Art Trail
A Community Art Project

Ice, Ice, Baby!

Alicia Leeke

Installed September 2024

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Artist's Statement 

Ice, Ice Baby! Is an artful turtle adorned with beautifully painted, abstract flowers, twigs and leaves and a butterfly found in the turtle’s natural habitat and is part of my abstract nature series.

Turtles live in fresh and saltwater bodies of water and help our natural ecosystems by redistributing calcium and other nutrients into the ground, dispersing seeds and serving as food to raccoons and other animals. As a result, turtles provide vital information on the health of these ecosystems and help humans monitor waterway pollution.

About the Artwork

"Ice, Ice Baby!" is a 3 foot diameter three dimensional fiberglass turtle form crafted locally by Lake Murray Boatworks and CCAL artists. The artistry on the turtle was done by Alicia Leeke.

Installed September 2024

About the Artist

Alicia Leeke, a native South Carolinian, started her artistic studies under Steven Nevitt at Columbia College. Her travels to paint landscapes led her to produce a body of beautiful abstract paintings inspired by nature’s ever-changing scenery.

Leeke compares a series of art in a body of work to that of multiple product lines in sales. This means she has paintings produced in a series over time including abstract textural landscapes, impressionistic landscapes, French cityscapes, and an abstract body of work based on plankton.

Leeke was awarded a grant by the Charleston Scientific and Cultural Education Fund to produce a traveling exhibition entitled View from Under the Microscope: Science-based Learning Through Art. The exhibition educates the non-scientific community about the importance Phytoplankton play in our life and why we need to be good stewards of our water bodies. This body of work is currently traveling. She is also a grant recipient from the Joan Mitchell Foundation located in New York City. She is an international, award-winning artist whose work is collected around the globe from New York City to Finland, Austria, Dubai and beyond.

Scavenger Hunt Clue: 

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A Partnership Project by the Crooked Creek Art League and the Town of Chapin

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This organization is funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support in this grant comes from the John and Susan Bennett Memorial Arts Fund of The Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina.

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This project was supported by a Connected Communities grant from Central Carolina Community Foundation.

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Copyright Notice

Copyright for all artwork images are retained by the respective artists. No permission is given to use the images for any purpose.

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