| Leanne
was born in Sydney, studied printmaking at Sydney College of the Arts
in the eighties and returned there to post graduate study in
1999. “As emotive responses, my work deals with recurring themes based on spirituality and our complex interdependent relationships. I make reference to life cycles and a sense of passage from times of initiation into knowledge. My aim is to explore a visual language that will intertwine a concern for ecology and the spirit with a contemporary treatment of the landscape as motif.” “My work alludes to personal mythologies of memory and dream. I try to reveal glimpses of the grounding knowledge in the natural and instinctual and show an awareness of the symbiotic unity underlying life's diversity.” She views art as a process that incorporates a journey from idea to image or object. There is a need to experience the accumulation of sensations from the first mark to the last. It is an alchemical approach to art making and one that is evolving and whimsical. Leanne has been involved in a wide range of artistic endeavour - from graphic art, photography, murals, community art, architectural glass, art tutoring and as a custom lithography printer for other artists. In 1995 she set up a metalworking business with her partner Paul, and since then she has delved into architectural and sculptural projects using new skills welding and smithing. Throughout all the changes Leanne has continued to paint, draw and make prints. She is involved in a variety of group shows annually and has had solo exhibitions. She was highly commended in the Lloyd Rees Youth Art Award and hung in the Warringah Art Prize, Waverly Art Prize & Hazelhust Regional Gallery’s ‘Southern Exposure II’. She has also undertaken numerous mural and sculptural commissions for individuals and institutions. Leanne’s recent pieces are concerned with the interdependence of natural systems. She entices the landscape into the pieces by incorporating found objects, wind or light and explores the natural world by undertaking actions in the environment. Some of her sculptures also attempt to draw the audience into her experience through physical interaction and active participation. Leanne has also designed all the graphic work for the 'Art Trail' including the logo, posters, exhibition invitations and this web site (with the technical expertise of Graham Grocott). Currently Leanne works and sells from her studio and is open monthly for the ‘Art Trail’ or by appointment. Now with two young children finding time to work exclusively in the studio is difficult, but she is excited to share the space with little fingers and learn from their spontaneity and freedom of gesture. |
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Skin I - Permeable
charcoal, ink & acrylic on paper
100cm x 70cm
Squirt (detail)
copper, hand blown glass & light
60cm high
Bundeena Wharf
charcoal, ink & acrylic on paper
76cm x 56cm
Images in portrait banner
left: Listening Post I - Groundswell (detail)
steel, copper & glass
240cm x 100cm x 60cm
right: The Crossing III (detail)
etching & aquatint on paper
50cm x 50cm
background: Listening Post I - Groundswell (detail)
steel, copper & glass
240cm x 100cm x 60cm