Leonie Barton
Artist's Statement
Leonie Barton is an artist based rurally on the mid-North Coast of NSW, Australia. Her environment feeds her practice as it reflects the changing seasons and how the complexity of nature is in constant flux. Both the power and stillness of the outdoors informs her practice, whether it’s her drawings, paintings, ephemeral installations, or large format photography from solo travels through remote areas of the world. Barton works intuitively, discovering shapes, balance and harmony in compositions. Spending time in nature is essential to the artist’s practice, for its grounding and for its allowance to encounter the intimate details of life – slowly.
Biography
Leonie Barton has exhibited in Sydney, Melbourne, London and Singapore. Barton has been commissioned by Oatley Wines to create a range of exclusive labels for their Artist Series with Craigmoor Wines created on site in the vineyards at Mudgee, NSW. She was invited by Noosa Regional Gallery to instruct a week long masterclass, mentoring artists in their biannual festival, Floating Land. Barton produced a body of work as part of the R.M.Williams Artist in Residence program at their Sydney flagship location in 2024. She was a painting finalist in the Little Things Art Prize (2021) and the Inside This Box Art Prize (2025) as well as the winner of The Anderson Art Award (2025).
