Howard Leeds
Company: Note-Able Creations
Artistic Medium: Mixed Media
Artist Bio:
Howard Leeds doesn’t just collect stamps—he repurposes history. Based in Glen Cove, NY, Howard is a self-taught mixed media artist who builds bold, layered collages using vintage postage stamps pulled from his personal archive, the hands of fellow collectors, and inherited collections of his clients. Each piece reassembles fragments of the past into visual stories that speak louder than words ever did.
His work has recently turned heads in club and gallery spaces, where his textured, time-warped pieces have sparked strong reactions and stirred conversations. With a background outside the traditional art world, his approach is instinctive, hands-on, and unapologetically his own. No formal training. Just years of observation, collecting, and hands-on experimentation. The result: work that’s unfiltered, deeply personal, and unlike anything else on the wall.
When he’s not in the studio, Leeds finds clarity on the water with a fishing rod in hand or gives back to his community as a Merit Badge Counselor with the Boy Scouts of America—guiding the next generation with the same attention and care he brings to his art.
