LAURENCE LEENAERT

These new paintings are a new departure for her, more minimal and pared back than her previous work. The canvas is dyed with clays and natural pigments and left to dry in the Moroccan Sun.

Leenart’s work combines the colours, materials and mirage-esque forms she finds on the edge of the desert in Marrakech, creating harmony out of the contrasting chaos of the city. The palm trees, the pink walls, the light of the sun and the busy architecture of Marrakech can be seen and felt in her paintings. After moving to Morocco in 2015, Leenaert surrounded herself with visual, material and cultural inspiration for her works, drawing from her personal experiences in this City. Finding freedom in the city’s sense of timelessness, Leenaert admits to working impulsively, destroying more work than she makes. With a fluid method employed across her canvases, aspects from each painting often swapping and changing, her works reflect the spontaneous environment she works in.