Leonard Aitken - Artist

Leonard Aitken - Artist - Latest News

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

On the evening of the 31st of October I got a welcome surprise. My entry into the 2008 EMSLA awards for still life, Surface Tension 1 won the Coffs Harbour Municipal Council Award of $5,000. The exhibition was of a very high standard and I was surprised and elated at my win. 

I had a great night and met a whole lot of new people as well as enjoying the congratulations from all my friends. I have a feeling that this is just the beginning of more success. The winning painting, Surface Tension I can be viewed in the Spiritual/Conceptual gallery on this site.

Solo Exhibition - Lake Russell Gallery.

Late in 2009 I will be having a solo exhibition at Lake Russell Gallery. The exhibition will contain a variety of works and I haven't decided whether there will be a dominant theme or not yet. I will also be showing works there throughout the year. Lake Russell gallery is a beautiful venue, with lots of nooks and crannies to explore, both inside the gallery and in the surrounding bushland. 

Exhibitions 

The Tide and Pilot

A continuing group exhibition of marine paintings shown in The Tide and Pilot near to the Coffs Harbour Jetty.

Professional Centre.

 Five of my paintings are on exhibition at the professional centre on Park Avenue, Coffs Harbour. Eight artists are currently exhibiting there.

Oasis Moon

Three of my paintings are exhibiting at this gallery in the Old Butter Factory in Bellingen.

(Soon I will have a couple of paintings showing at the Butterfly House.)

Other features will be added to this new site (open since Monday 29th of November, 2007) as the following months progress.