Leoni Hines (born in Brisbane) now living in Maitland (just out of Newcastle), is an artist working predominantly in oils.
She can’t remember a time when art wasn’t a part of her life, growing up drawing and painting then studying under an incredible art teacher during high school years, helped develop her creative side.
Having a curious & loving relationship with colour and light, she is inspired by the Australian landscape with its ever-changing light and hues. Photography has also played an important part in her creative process capturing moments in time that can be used as a reference or idea for a painting.
Every painting she does contains a piece of her, her heart and soul. She may start off drawing what she sees, but inevitably ends up painting what she feels. She wants people to look at her art and feel the emotion that she has worked into it.
If they do, then she has been successful.