LEANNE THOMAS IS AN OIL PAINTER LIVING AND WORKING IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA. WITH A BACKGROUND IN ART DIRECTION FOR THE ADVERTISING AND FASHION WORLD, LEANNE DECIDED IN 2002 TO TRANSITION TO DRAWING AND THEN PAINTING,  DEDICATING HERSELF TO MASTERING THE TECHNIQUES OF CLASSICAL PAINTING. SHE HONED HER CRAFT OVER THREE YEARS AT A STUDIO SCHOOL IN REDFERN, IMMERSING HERSELF IN THE PRINCIPLES OF THE OLD MASTERS. THIS RIGOROUS TRAINING SPARKED A DEEP PASSION FOR CLASSICAL ART AND A COMMITMENT TO PORTRAYING THE SUBTLE ELEGANCE OF EVERYDAY LIFE.
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LEANNE’S PAINTINGS, CHARACTERISED BY THEIR LUMINOUS DETAIL AND DEEP APPRECIATION FOR NATURE, ARE HELD IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS THROUGHOUT AUSTRALIA AND AROUND THE GLOBE.