Little Rock’s Pleasant Ridge Shopping Center is home to a unique local treasure: Art Group Gallery. Founded and operated by area artists, it is a true working gallery where area artists have a studio to paint and can display their works to sell in the front of the shop. Follow along as we feature different artists each month who will each share the inspiration and stories behind a few of his or her pieces.

At Home: Tell us a bit about your work. How did you get into painting? What type of mediums do you use? Do you have a formal process you follow or particular venue where you paint?

Sean LeCrone: I’m mainly a self-taught artist who has been painting for about 15 years. I prefer to paint in oils, but I work in acrylic as well when the mood strikes. I don’t have a strict process or recipe that I follow to create a painting. I like to be thoughtful at the beginning of the process and try to imagine what the finished piece will look like before I make my first mark on the canvas. I enjoy painting on location, but most of my work happens in the studio. I take a layered approach to developing the painting over two or more sessions in the studio. …

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