Artist Spotlight: Paige Ledom

Lauren Pardoe • November 4, 2025

Paige Ledom transforms cut paper into painterly-like, layered masterpieces. Step into her imaginative world of collage and creativity.

1. How did you become an artist? Who or what have been your biggest influences?

Art has always been Paige’s first love. As a child, she wanted nothing more than creating at all times. Growing up, she had many interests but art was always what beckoned Paige back. Art felt like the way she could be an investigator of all of interests because you can create work about anything you dream of.

She explored a lot of pathways to get where she is today, eventually studying Art Education at the University of Kansas. To her, art education was like getting to study studio art and education at the same time. Paige taught art in a public school for 5 years, before deciding to fully chart her own path.

2. What is a fun or unexpected fact about yourself that our audience may not know?

Her love for interior design! Paige used to have a business offering interior styling consultations for clients in their homes. Like her art, much of her home consists of unique secondhand finds, as well as vintage treasures. Paige even has a gallery wall of dog art, including a large oil painting of a Great Dane that she found on Facebook Marketplace. She is drawn to anything unique.

3. Can you walk us through your creative process - from rituals or routines to ideas to finished pieces.

Paige's creative process begins with awareness of her outer and inner world. That meaning, she is observant of her surroundings and experiences. If something catches her attention, she doesn't try to make sense of it, rather Paige documents it in the moment. This may be taking a photo of what caught her eye or jotting a note down in her journal.

Sometimes, she'll be on a walk or driving and be “visited” by an image in her head that she feels strongly connected or compelled to create from. Paige usually writes this down too, because the mental "visits" don’t last long before her mind shifts to something else. Collecting these experiences is similar to a collage in a lot of ways, in how you collect all the scraps and fragments and find a way to bring them together. Which she later references all her material to when she's in her studio to creating new works.

4. How does your love for everyday objects affect your work? Do many of your works have meaningful swatches or objects you utilize to create your work?

"Everyday objects feel like a universal language, with a million different meanings. I can look at a Dairy Queen cone and see an entire memory in that one object. An everyday object may appear simple at first glance, but it's powerful because it can conjure up a different story for each viewer. These objects can also serve as portraits, or even self-portraits, acting as visual shorthand for a person in our lives. " - Paige Ledom

While paint swatches have become her material of choice, she has utilized many physical bits and scraps of her own personal life into her work like cut-up paintings from teaching, brochures from travels, handwritten notes, diet coke boxes, and even photography she has shot.

5. What was the most difficult obstacle to overcome during your artistic journey, and how did you overcome it?

"One of my most difficult obstacles was finding my own voice as an artist. I think it’s something that isn’t talked about enough. In the beginning of an artist’s career, we are often so enamoured and inspired by the work of the artists that we admire that we forget our work isn’t supposed to look like theirs, it is supposed to look like ours. I wanted to be a painter very badly, but I didn’t like what I was creating when I was painting. I was stressed more often than not when I picked up a paintbrush. Finding my unique expression came from learning to play with materials again, letting go, and reminding myself it was okay to have fun in my work.” - Paige Ledom

6. Tell us about the pieces you're showing in Holiday Under $500 - what inspired them? How does the idea of Art for Everyone influence your work as an artist? Is showcasing art that is more affordable to everyone important to your practice?

"I am showing five new pieces, but one I am particularly excited about is titled “Banana Bread.” It is all hand-cut text from paint swatches and features the beginning of a banana bread recipe. When framing I wanted to embody the warmth, colors, and nostalgia associated with banana bread. I wanted to create the feeling of a special, handwritten recipe that your grandma might scribble down for you. I am more of a cook myself but banana bread is one of the few things I like to bake!

I love and respect Liz’s mission of art for everyone. I think many people feel intimidated by galleries and the prospect of purchasing original art, but shows like this provide an opportunity for buyers to access quality, affordable work, while artists are still compensated for their skills. Even if someone doesn’t consider themselves an artist, I believe art can have a positive impact on everyone’s lives. The world doesn’t only need artists, we need art appreciators too.” - Paige Ledom

7. For fun - what color would best describe you?

Blue. Like all colors, there are so many different versions of it but Paige likes that some days she can feel more bold like cobalt, sometimes light, airy, and dreamy like a sky blue, and other times completely introspective like a navy.

See what Paige Ledom has available currently at Liz Lidgett Gallery + Design. Paige, a Kansas City based cut-paper artist, will be featured alongside of 30+ artists in the Holiday Under $500 show. Paige’s work will be available November 14th at 10 AM CST along with:

Susannah Carson

Daisy Faith

Karin Olah
Amanda McLaurin

Michele Aschenbrenner

Kevin Brent Morris