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| Red Poll 2012 |
I graduated in 2010
from the University of Northampton with a first class honours degree in
Illustration. During my studies my main interest and focus was children’s book
illustration, I have always had a slight obsession with children’s picture
books and have been highly influenced in my own practice by the illustrators
Dave Mckean and Oliver Jeffers.
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| Illustration from 'Stuck' 2010 |
Since leaving
university I have worked on various commissions and have re-discovered my love
for painting, I work with a variety of media and have a particular desire to
explore different materials and techniques to achieve a richness of colour and
depth. I build the painting with layers of newspaper, paint and collage.
My paintings still
have an illustrative feel and although they are generally representational I
like to take advantage of the ’chance’ elements’ and abstract marks to harness
mood and atmosphere. I do not conceive my work to deliver a
specific message as each piece possesses its own message - as imagined and
associated by the viewer. My inspiration comes from memories and life
experiences, not only of my own but of others too.
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| London Piccadilly 2012 |
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| 'Poppy' 2011 |
Visit Leanne's website to see all her fabulous work and to contact her for sales and commissions www.leannegilroy.co.uk
