Leonie is a painter of abstract works and a painter of still life in the tradition of tonal realism.
She is a graduate of the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney in Flute and is a professional musician.
She started painting in Paris where she studied the flute and on returning to Sydney she continued with classes in drawing and painting at TAFE in Seaforth NSW.
ARTIST STATEMENT
“My Painting began in 1996 towards the end of a 10 year sojourn in Paris where I had completed my studies in Flute and had been working as an English teacher in the entertainment industry. During this time I worked privately under the tutelage of 2 French artists in their atelier in Paris. Upon my return to Sydney, I enrolled in several courses in life drawing, oil painting and watercolour painting.
I started out painting simple, abstract style still lifes and imaginary landscapes, and then devoted myself entirely to abstract painting for the next 10 years. I befriended a group of artists living and painting in Bundeena NSW situated on the coastline of the Royal National Park in Southern Sydney. They were engaging and passionate young artists and I stayed there every weekend for 3 years painting and playing the flute. When I moved to Melbourne in 2004 abstract painting no longer engaged me as it had done before. Although I continued to paint and exhibit in Sydney I came to a halt for nearly 2 years until I found a wonderful teacher, Don James, who taught me the principles of ‘tonal realism’ as taught by Max Meldrum in Melbourne many years ago (1875 – 1955). I have adopted Melbourne as my new home and find it wonderful to be connected to the history of painting in this city, as this technique has been handed down through generations of many painters that I admire very much, including Don James.”
Dissolve
Leonie Khoury
The Residents Gallery
December 1st - January 25th
ARTWORK NOW ALSO AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE ONLINE (please see below)
Please email montsalvat@montsalvat.com.au, with the details of the artwork you wish to purchase and a contact phone number, and we will get in touch to process the payment.
Leonie Khoury, Miniature Roses Still Life, oil on canvas, 76 x 76cm, $1,850
Leonie Khoury, 7 Objects, oil on canvas, 61 x 78cm, $1,750
Leonie Khoury, Still life with Easel, oil on canvas, 61 x 76cm, $1,750
Leonie Khoury, Kale Flowers, oil on canvas, 61 x 61cm, $1,700
Leonie Khoury, 6 Objects, oil on canvas, 46 x 46cm, $1,550
Leonie Khoury, Wattle, oil on canvas, 51 x 51cm, $1,550
Leonie Khoury, Middle Line, oil on canvas, 50 x 50cm, $1,650
Leonie Khoury, Play, oil on canvas, 50 x 50cm, $1,650
Leonie Khoury, Distortion, oil on canvas, 50 x 50cm, $1,650
Leonie Khoury, Dissolve, oil on canvas, 51 x 40cm, $1,550 🔴
Leonie Khoury, Natives and White Chrysanthemums, oil on canvas, 71 x 51.5cm, $1,750
Leonie Khoury, Yellow Grevillea, oil on canvas, 76 x 76cm, $1,850
Leonie Khoury, Grow, oil on canvas, 51 x 51cm, $1,650