Kirsty O'Leary-Leeson Norfolk, United Kingdom

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I have exhibited widely across the UK. I have work in both public and private collections in the UK, US, China and Middle East; my artwork is now far better travelled than I am. My oeuvre is predominantly drawing, but I also enjoy painting oil landscapes; portraits in a variety of media; and gelli printing. I also run art workshops.

“Landscape is a portrait of the soul” I explore the physical and psychological geography of existence. In drawing there is a relation with the provisional and unfinished, it exists in a state of suspense and records the unfolding of an event, not the fixed reality of an object. It is a dialogue between our thoughts and our experiences ; drawing has always been aligned with thinking and ideas, it has as much to do with reflection as with observation. My work represents the depiction of a fluid reality. The fragmentary nature of the images reflects that although we live a linear existence, what we currently experience is altered by memories and expectations, our present being created by these absent moments. The sharp contrasts also convey emotion and induce contemplation in the viewer; they suggest a theme of constant change as the eye moves through the transitioning spaces of constructed and negative spaces.