We recently connected with Jacob Leveille and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Jacob, appreciate you sitting with us today to share your wisdom with our readers. So, let’s start with resilience – where do you get your resilience from?
Founder of Outcry
Jacob Aaron LeVeille
I am a Florida-born multi-disciplinary artist whose work blends street art, abstract expressionism, neo-expressionism, cubism, and ink-based illustration.
Working with spray paint, acrylics, graffiti markers, and resin, my art confronts spiritual oppression, cultural manipulation, and censorship—transforming personal pain into public truth. This is how I fought for a won resilience in my art career and in my life.
My journey began in 2017, painting portraits for musicians like Ryan Upchurch. In 2019,
After surviving a near-death fall from two stories, I encountered God and painted my first abstract piece just four days later. That same year, I completed my final celebrity portrait for country music legend Loretta Lynn.