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Leslie Cleary​

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​Leslie Cleary love's to create paintings that enable people to continuously enjoy their favourite NZ coastal landscapes. Specialising in commissions, she paint's scenes from dawn to dusk of clients’ favourite views from images taken of the area. Working closely with Leslie, the clients get to choose the colours and size best suited for the room in which the painting will be displayed. Leslie ensures they get the best possible result – an amazing piece of art that they will treasure forever. Her commission work costs no more than buying from a gallery wall.

Leslie is a Whangarei landscape artist who has been capturing scenes of Waipu and Mangawhai for many years, specialising in commissions. A long-time Waipu local, Leslie and her husband moved to Onerahi several years ago. She has never tired of painting her former stomping ground, working from her home studio and gallery Leslie says she welcomes the new challenges and beauty the Whangarei Heads scenery brings.

“I have always revelled in the beauty of nature, and love being able to celebrate it through my art. The Northland coastal areas have so many unique and stunning features. I especially enjoy capturing them on canvas for the people who love them. I enable people who have lived in the area and had to move away, or who have visited and been captivated by these places, to take these loved views with them to their new homes. That is very satisfying.”

Her preferred medium is oils “I love their flexibility, and the depth that can be achieved. There is ample drying time with oils, which enables me to blend and layer colours to capture the atmosphere, essence and delicate qualities of each scene.”
Leslie has never known a time when art hasn’t featured in her life: “It drives my days."
“I vividly recall the day I decided to ‘be an artist’ when, at 10 years old, I was taken by my father to a small art exhibition in Te Kuiti and a painting of autumn trees caught my eye. Growing up in the remote West Coast King Country, I was surrounded by beautiful land and seascapes which inspired my artistic expression.”

Contact Leslie
Ph: 021 0261 3265 or (09) 436 5550
Email: lesliecleary@actrix.co.nz 
View my latest work at  www.facebook.com/LeslieClearyNzArtist

If you have any questions, would like to enquire about a painting, or a special commission piece, please phone or email, I will get back to you as soon as possible. 

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  • Home
  • Exhibitions
    • Exhibitions, Current
    • Exhibition Calendar
    • Printable Calendar
    • Exhibitions, External
    • Exhibitions, Past
    • Gold and Oil: The Legacy and Menace of the Niagara
    • Magical Mangawhai 2018
    • Stingray Project 2017
  • Artists
    • Artists Profiles A - Z >
      • Brenda Adams
      • Desiree Alexandre
      • Marina Bagley
      • Faye Bagosi
      • Rebecca Barclay Clist
      • Sarah Barnett
      • Lindsay Blanchett-Burton
      • Ann Bolton
      • Mary-Anne Boyd
      • Peter Bradburn
      • Hannah Peri Braithwaite
      • Janine Brougham
      • Sarah C
      • Emma Caiman​
      • Heather Carrigan
      • Edie Chappell
      • Barry Clark
      • Leslie Cleary
      • Wendy Clifford
      • Britta Conrad
      • Barbara Cope
      • Chris Cowley-Thomson
      • Daphne Davies
      • Marilyn Davies
      • Ailsa Dennis
      • John Ecuyer
      • Shirley Emerson
      • Ngaire Evans
      • Nicola Everett
      • Maggie Fletcher
      • Gayle Forster
      • Linda Foster
      • Jean Fountain
      • Jocelyn Friis
      • Nina Gastreich
      • Pauline Gough
      • Mark Graham
      • Andy Griffiths
      • Josie Gritten
      • Jan Grover
      • Christine den Hartogh
      • Bineta Hinton
      • Angella Hockenhull
      • Arran Hockenhull
      • Barbara Hockenhull
      • Ann Howard
      • David Just
      • Paul Walter Kaiser
      • Rosina Kamphuis
      • Michelle Kenner
      • Susanne Khouri
      • David Laumatia
      • Bevan Lawrence
      • Wendy Leach
      • Jenny Macpherson
      • Pauline Mann
      • Gordon Stewart McGibbon
      • Lynn Middleton
      • Samantha Minnery
      • Christine Moginie
      • Patricia Mortensen
      • Elena Nikolaeva
      • Tom Nordmeier
      • Deva Prem
      • Elke Radewald
      • Lloyd Rayner
      • Barry Read
      • Neil Reid
      • Kathleen Reynolds
      • Melanie Rodriga
      • Donna Shadick
      • Logan Simich-Burr
      • Hugo Simpson
      • Bevan Smith
      • Toni Smith
      • Kristen Olson Stone
      • Kathy Strong
      • Ramari Tauroa-Tibble
      • Susan Taylor
      • Mandy Thomsett-Taylor
      • Colin Unkovich
      • Jeanette Vickers
      • Wayne Whyte
      • Kevin Willcocks
      • Karen Williamson
      • Judy Wood
      • Margaret Wright
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  • In The News
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    • Gallery and Exhibitions >
      • Gallery Handbook
      • Gallery dimensions
      • Using the gallery
      • Staffing the Gallery
      • Applying for an Exhibition
    • Christmas Exhibition
    • Beware of Art Scams
    • Sculpture in the Garden 2020
    • Business and Planning
    • Creating an Artists Profile
    • Health and Safety
    • Resources >
      • Books
      • Catalogues
      • Pottery & Ceramics
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      • Magazines & Journals
  • KAA
    • Kaipara Art Award information for artists
  • Blog
    • Auction >
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  • Learning
    • Winter Workshops
    • Workshop descriptions 2019
    • Tutors >
      • Tutor: Kalvin Collins & Shalini Anjaiya
      • Tutor: Jenny Crundwell
      • Tutor: Nicola Everett
      • Tutor: Gayle Forster
      • Tutor: Lynn Middleton
      • Tutor: Christine Moginie
      • Tutor: Elena Nikolaeva
      • Tutor: Kristen Olson Stone
      • Tutor: Mandy Thomsett-Taylor
      • Tutor: Raewyn Vague
      • Tutor: Evan Woodruffe