Wendy Leach
Wendy Leach's paintings are large, confident and visually powerful works.
Wendy is a graduate of both Elam School of Fine Arts, and Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design. She holds a Master of Fine Arts, 1st class Honours. She is also a qualified high school teacher. Over her career she has had 22 solo exhibitions and has exhibited in around forty group and collaborative shows. In her early career Wendy specialised in painting landscapes and she frequently traveled overseas to paint in France, Italy and the Middle East. She exhibited in at the Al Hussein Society in Amman, Jordan in 2004, 'Landscapes of Jordan'.
She has worked with oil paint, acrylic paint and multi-media techniques. She has always enjoyed exploring the possibilities within techniques and materials. In 2000, Wendy was featured in Master Artists of the World in 'International Artist' magazine, published in USA, in an eight-page feature article.
Feeling in need of personal and artistic challenge and to push her art boundaries, in 2006 Wendy commenced study for a Master of Fine Arts degree. Her graduation exhibition was held in January 2008, and she was awarded Master of Fine Arts with First Class Honours. Since then her style has gone through quite deliberate stages incorporating both realism and abstraction.
From 2009 to 2015 Wendy and her husband Colin lived and worked in Belgium. Wendy's Brussels art studio was the entire top floor of a traditional old house. Wendy taught drawing and painting classes in Brussels. When they returned to New Zealand they chose to live in Mangawhai Heads on the property they have owned for 24 years.
In February 2021 Wendy was featured in Aotearoa Artist magazine. See the article here.
Wendy's exhibition was 'Full Circle' at Mangawhai Artists Gallery, 29 January - 10 February 2021. Her exhibition catalogue stated "Alongside the challenges 2020 brought to the world, Wendy Leach found beauty and hope in painting the splendid pohutukawa trees along Mangawhai’s ocean beach. She found strength in the dramatic tree forms, energy in the swirling coastal skies and inspiration in the changing light".
'Full Circle' exhibition can be seen on Wendy's website here.
In February 2022 Wendy exhibited in a joint exhibition 'Finding Joy' alongside Cliff McPherson and Ian McGowan at Mangawhai Artists Gallery.
See more about Wendy on her website www.wendyleach.com.
Email: please use this contact form
Facebook: www.facebook.com/WendyLeachArt/
Instagram: @wendyleach_art
Studio: 35 Cheviot Street, Mangawhai Heads. Viewings of Wendy's work are by appointment
Wendy is a graduate of both Elam School of Fine Arts, and Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design. She holds a Master of Fine Arts, 1st class Honours. She is also a qualified high school teacher. Over her career she has had 22 solo exhibitions and has exhibited in around forty group and collaborative shows. In her early career Wendy specialised in painting landscapes and she frequently traveled overseas to paint in France, Italy and the Middle East. She exhibited in at the Al Hussein Society in Amman, Jordan in 2004, 'Landscapes of Jordan'.
She has worked with oil paint, acrylic paint and multi-media techniques. She has always enjoyed exploring the possibilities within techniques and materials. In 2000, Wendy was featured in Master Artists of the World in 'International Artist' magazine, published in USA, in an eight-page feature article.
Feeling in need of personal and artistic challenge and to push her art boundaries, in 2006 Wendy commenced study for a Master of Fine Arts degree. Her graduation exhibition was held in January 2008, and she was awarded Master of Fine Arts with First Class Honours. Since then her style has gone through quite deliberate stages incorporating both realism and abstraction.
From 2009 to 2015 Wendy and her husband Colin lived and worked in Belgium. Wendy's Brussels art studio was the entire top floor of a traditional old house. Wendy taught drawing and painting classes in Brussels. When they returned to New Zealand they chose to live in Mangawhai Heads on the property they have owned for 24 years.
In February 2021 Wendy was featured in Aotearoa Artist magazine. See the article here.
Wendy's exhibition was 'Full Circle' at Mangawhai Artists Gallery, 29 January - 10 February 2021. Her exhibition catalogue stated "Alongside the challenges 2020 brought to the world, Wendy Leach found beauty and hope in painting the splendid pohutukawa trees along Mangawhai’s ocean beach. She found strength in the dramatic tree forms, energy in the swirling coastal skies and inspiration in the changing light".
'Full Circle' exhibition can be seen on Wendy's website here.
In February 2022 Wendy exhibited in a joint exhibition 'Finding Joy' alongside Cliff McPherson and Ian McGowan at Mangawhai Artists Gallery.
See more about Wendy on her website www.wendyleach.com.
Email: please use this contact form
Facebook: www.facebook.com/WendyLeachArt/
Instagram: @wendyleach_art
Studio: 35 Cheviot Street, Mangawhai Heads. Viewings of Wendy's work are by appointment
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Wendy's exhibitions
1988 ASA Gallery, Auckland 1989 Twelve Potters Gallery, Auckland 1990 Ferner Gallery, Auckland 1993 Morgan Street Gallery, Auckland 1994 John Leech Gallery, Auckland 1995 Tinakori Gallery, Wellington John Leech Gallery, Auckland 1996 Dobson Bashford Gallery, Christchurch Tinakori Gallery, Wellington John Leech Gallery, Auckland 1997 Tinakori Gallery, Wellington John Leech Gallery, Auckland |
1998 John Leech Gallery, Auckland
1999 John Leech Gallery, Auckland 2000 Dobson Bashford Gallery, Christchurch Tinakori Gallery, Wellington 2001 Studio of Contemporary Art, Auckland 2002 Studio of Contemporary Art, Auckland 2003 Fishers Fine Arts, Christchurch 2004 "Landscapes of Jordan" Al Hussein Centre, Amman, Jordan 2008 "Time Space Light" Graduation exhibition for Master of Fine Arts. Randolph St Gallery, Auckland. 2018 "Wendy Leach - New Work" ArtHAUS, Auckland 2021 "Full Circle" Mangawhai Artists Gallery, Mangawhai |
Paintings from 2020 - 2022
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Below are works painted prior to 2020
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