Cosplay gets fine art treatment from Leslie Barlow

Cosplay gets fine art treatment from Leslie Barlow

If you’ve met Leslie Barlow or seen her paintings, you may have noticed a certain radiance. Celebrated locally and nationally for her art and her activism, Barlow’s portraits burst with color, textures and curious moments of abstraction, revealing the soul of her subjects through the canvas.  Recently, Barlow has begun exploring something new: cosplay, that playful blend of costumes, anime and pop culture that brings fans dressed as their favori…