Janet Leigh

Janet Leigh is a contemporary multidisciplinary artist based in Meerup, Western Australia.

Her practice encompasses painting, drawing, and collage, employing oil paint, soft pastels, paper, digital images, ink, and charcoal.

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Best known for abstracted landscapes and wildflower motifs, Leigh translates place, weather and memory into chromatic fields rather than literal depiction.

Janet Leigh’s notable achievements include the Perkins Best Overall Award for her drawing ‘Wish You Were Here’ at Bunbury Regional Gallery’s Biennial Survey (2014) and finalist selection in the Gosford Regional GalleryOpen Award (2010, NSW).

She has presented solo exhibitions First Drawings (Painted Tree Gallery, Northcliffe, 2012) and Drawing Year (Courthouse Gallery, Busselton, 2014).

Born in Lima, Peru in 1964, Janet Leigh lives and works on a remote property in Meerup, Western Australia.

Her work has been recognised with the Perkins prize at Bunbury Regional Art Galleries’ Biennial Survey in 2014and selection as a finalist in the Gosford Regional Gallery Open Award in 2010 (NSW), alongside solo exhibitions First Drawings (Painted Tree Gallery, Northcliffe, 2012) and Drawing Year (Courthouse Gallery, Busselton, 2014)

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