Leonard Aitken - Artist
Leonard Aitken Botanical Paintings
Most paintings in this gallery are for sale.
At 6.00P.M. on Friday the 13th November, 2009 I will be contributing to a three man show here in Coffs Harbour. It will be held at Open Studio (cnr Vernon and Duke Streets). The exhibition will then be open every Wednesday to Saturday for at least four weeks. The work I'm contributing will be "Explosions of creation executed with a minimum of pretension." I call then my "Nebulaic Expressions," and they are highly dramatic, colourful, surreal and experimental works. I hope everyone can come along and enjoy the art
I'm still excited about winning the $5,000 Coffs Harbour Municipal Council Award at the 2008 EMSLAs for still life. I'm convinced that my painting Surface Tension I (Conceptual section) won for its idea above all else.
Feel free to ring me on (02) 6652 7271 or email me (go to contact page) for offers or questions.
Commission work available. I am willing to paint anything you would like - just describe what you want. (Portraits, flowers, landscapes, a favourite shoe, etc)
This is a gallery of the paintings, drawings, mixed media artworks, music, stories and animations of visual artist Leonard Aitken.
The paintings explore such genres as: botanical and floral, landscape, seascape, surrealism, conceptual art and spiritual or Christian art. The media used are mostly oil on canvas, but also pastel, ink and various other forms of mixed media.
Light plays a key role in most of his works. Backlighting adds drama and fragility to flowers, leaves, foliage, mountains, forests, jungles and the ocean.
The surreal works employ bright, high keyed colour and high contrasts. They play with the 2 dimensional space and are inspired by dreams and subconscious improvisation. They contain a quirky, sometimes wacky sense of humour.
The conceptual and spiritual paintings are a new avenue of exploration for Leonard; as is his music.
Leonard has been writing stories since a child, painting for about 30 years and animating for about 15 years.
Limited Edition Prints are available on request. Most prints are the same size as the original painting.