Leslie Giuliani creates richly layered works that merge textile, stitch, and paint into tactile, immersive surfaces. Combining hand and machine embroidery with encaustic and cold-wax oil, her practice explores the dialogue between process and material, tradition and technology. Giuliani’s motifs often begin as drawings, which are translated into embroidered elements and integrated into her layered compositions, resulting in works that balance precision with organic texture. Based in Weston, Connecticut, Giuliani has exhibited widely and is recognized for her innovative approach to materiality and surface. Her work rewards close looking, inviting viewers to engage with the subtle interplay of gesture, mark, and thread, and to discover the quiet poetry embedded in her complex constructions.