Leslie Cleary love’s to create paintings that enable people to continuously enjoy their favourite NZ coastal landscapes. Specialising in commissions, she paint’s scenes from dawn to dusk of clients’ favourite views from images taken of the area. Working...
I have probably painted most of my life with lapses from marriage, children, farming, competitive masters swimming, then ocean swimming and sailing the Islands of the Pacific, which I really enjoyed. That’s where the influence of sea life comes through. I have...
I was born in Inglewood, a small town in Taranaki and my initial artistic inspiration was my mother who was a keen artist, amateur but encouraging. I moved to Auckland and over the last few years have been able to rekindle the interest, initially with watercolour and...
I am an established New Zealand painter, who has been exhibiting for 40 years. I enjoy the process of painting and experimenting with all mediums and I’m inspired by our stunning NZ landscape. My painting career started at 17 as a hobby and grew steadily through the...
Over 30 years ago I completed a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in Fine Art History, Oil Painting and Geography. At the time I didn’t have the confidence to become a professional artist. After completing a planning Masters degree and practicing as a strategy,...