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Wendy Leach

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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 most recent 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 will exhibit 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'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 
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Paintings from 2020 - 2021
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Information about these paintings can be found on Wendy's website www.wendyleach.com/full-circle

Below are works painted prior to 2020
Some of the thumbnails below have been cropped to square format. Please click on thumbnail to see the full image. 
​Hover over the thumbnail for more information. 
SOURCE Oil on canvas 1000 x 1000mm $2,850.00
FLUX. Oil on canvas 1000 x 1000mm $2,850.00
TRANSVERSING 2 Acrylic on canvas 750 x 750mm $1,900.00 SOLD
REVERIE Acrylic on canvas 900 x 1200mm $2,800.00 SOLD
ELEMENTS 1200 x 1200mm Acrylic on canvas $3,200.00 SOLD
TRANSVERSING 1200 x 1200 mm Acrylic on canvas $3,200.00 SOLD
FILAMENTS 750 x 750mm Acrylic on canvas $1,900.00 SOLD
DIVERGENCE 750 x 750mm Acrylic on canvas $1,900.00. SOLD
INTERPRETATION 750 x 750mm Acrylic on canvas $1,900.00
TWIRL 750 x 750 mm Acrylic on board $1,900.00
DRIFT 1200 x 1200 mm Acrylic on canvas $3,200.00 SOLD
OVER AND ABOVE 750 x 750 mm Acrylic on canvas $1,900.00

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    • Cheryl Mitchell
    • Fleur Mitchell
    • Philippa Murray-Aynsley
    • Elena Nikolaeva
    • Tom Nordmeier
    • Deva Prem
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    • Logan Simich-Burr
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    • Alf Smith
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      • Tutor: Elena Nikolaeva
      • Tutor: Evan Woodruffe
      • Tutor: Jude Thomas
      • Tutor: Kalvin Collins & Shalini Anjaiya
      • Tutor: Nicola Everett
      • Tutor: Raewyn Vague
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