About — Leigh Vardanega

Leigh Vardanega’s artworks are quirky and playful. She draws inspiration from the coastal and bush environment surrounding her home along with her love of travel, family and celebration.

Her artworks oscillate between semi and pure abstraction - with colour always at the forefront of her process. She is drawn to texture and pattern and the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi where one finds beauty in things imperfect, impermanent and incomplete.

Leigh's artistic process is intuitive and her artworks evolve organically. She works in many layers of paint and glaze, often scratching and sanding back the surface to recreate the patina of an aged weathered surface. Leigh prepares her surfaces with blocks of colour and pencil markings then layering and subtracting colour, finishing with glazes and oil stick.

Above all, Leigh's art is driven by a desire to evoke joy and inspire an appreciation of adventure, travel and the everyday.

RECENT SELECT EXHIBITIONS

2025 - Autumn group show - Sydney Road Gallery

2025 - sun.shade.soul - duo exhibition with Katie Firth - Sydney Road Gallery

2025 - Summer vibes - solo Jumbled

2024 - Christmas Group Show - Greenhouse Interiors

2024 - Christmas Group Show - Petite Collections

2024 - The Bright Side - Group Show - Jumbled

2024 - Love Story - Group Show - Sydney Road Gallery

2024 - Spring Group Show - Greenhouse Interiors

2024 - Affordable Art Fair Brisbane & Melbourne - Jumbled

2024 - Affordable Art Fair Sydney - The Brush Artists