About the Artist...

Artist Leonie.e.Brown blurs the boundary between the ephemeral, spiritual and physical dream world. Each painting has a specific message and meaning hidden w...

Sometimes I despair, and I wish God was a Fairy God-mother with a magic wand. Just magicking it all away. But unfortunately, He doesn’t. He leads us into deeper waters so that we can learn to trust Him in the Storm.

If you grew up in an alcoholic home, you never know what to expect from one day to the next. When one or both parents struggle with addiction, the home environment is predictably unpredictable

Weeping might last all night, but JOY comes in the morning. A very personal and close interview with the artist. Learn more about her story and why she paint what she does.

If you grew up in an alcoholic home, you never know what to expect from one day to the next. When one or both parents struggle with addiction, the home environment is predictably unpredictable

If you grew up in an alcoholic home, you never know what to expect from one day to the next. When one or both parents struggle with addiction, the home environment is predictably unpredictable

@leonie.e.brownartist: “#onmyeasel Small detail of new encaustic piece I'm working on. Look out for my blog article on…”

#onmyeasel Another step closer to the end result, but still an long journey to walk. Every painting has good and bad days. Under every painting is three failed attempts, and for every successful one there is 100 failures. Art is a science that incorporates the left and right brain. It is not just a quistion of feeling. But trying to get the logical path to that feeling. The difficulty is that he painter has to use logic and skill to get the feeling of something just "happening"on the…

#onmyeasel Stage 3 and starting with some detail. There is a system in painting; dark then light? Cold the hot and hot and repeat. At this stage I need to start pushing back some of the texture. Softening it up with detail. This very far from finished. #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artstudio #instaartist #solideogloria #discoverart #artsharing #work #figurativeart #woman #seekhimfirst #wax #artoftheday #fire #symbolism #spiritualart #wax #encausticart #encausticartist #ColdWax

#artistatrest Today is day 21 of #lockdown, with 14 more days to go. I've been enjoying this opportunity to do things I've never had time for. We are blessed in living in a stunning cottage on a hilltop with great views. I call it my #stoepsittherapy. (Sitting on the porch therapy). I normally come sit here with my coffee, bible and gitar and try spend time with God and hear what His thoughts is for the day. It's not like I can hear him with my ears, but it's more a sense of seeing his…

#corona virus 'stoepsit' Stoepsit is an Afrikaans word meaning: to sit on the porch. Today is day 16 of #lockdown. 20 more days to go. I want to look at the good that has come out of this. We are spending time with our families and animals. Having meals and talking to each other instead of staring at the latest series. The rush of life has slowed down to a steady trickle. There is so much to be greatfull for. I cannot control what other people are going through. I know some are…

#onmyeasel Trying to get as much work in as possible before lockdown. I want to add the idea of #resurection. After some research, I found out the #butterflies is #symbolic of the latter. Happy with the figure. Just added another layer of #wax. Hopefully will be able to melt it tomorrow. What do u guys think and please share. #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artstudio #instaartist #artgallery #capetown #southafrica #hope #losthope #solideogloria #discoverart #artsharing #figurativeart…

#onmyeasel Absolutely loving the process. I had to tear myself away from the studio at 5pm. (Home and hubby waiting) It's been so long since I've really enjoyed and been excited about my work. This is something new for me. I haven't focused on figures in a long while. My initial focus has always been abstracts. I'm still planning on doing some more abstracts. I'm guessing that the abstracts will also be influenced by the encaustic process. It has taken me 5 years to teach myself to work…

Why work with encaustic? The process of painting with encaustic's is very different from oil or acrylics. With the later two you make use of mediums to keep it wet or speed up the drying process. You can blend and paint over. Wipe off or pat down. Encaustic is a totally different aproach .Instead of working with mediums, you work with heat and cold. The wax gets melted and then applied whilst in a melted stage. It dries almost instantaneously. So there is no second or third brush stroke…

No...the bird is just for fun. Today was hard for my back. Four hours of scraping back the background to its bottom layer. Yesterday I noticed cracks forming in the surface. The original painting was on canvass. I've had the canvass stretched and glued to a wooden surface to prevent any future cracking. Wax does not like to bend. My assumption is that the cracking would be the result of older cracks on the canvass before it was glued flat. Therefore the decition to scrape off all the…

#onmyeasel New painting over an older canvass. I decided to continue the figure study excersize. Can you see the beginning of the figure starting to emerge? This is oil on an encaustic wax layer. For the first time in a long time I'm actually excited about what I am trying to paint. #art#artist #artistsoninstagram #artstudio #instaartist #solideogloria #discoverart #artsharing #figurativeart #woman #seekhimfirst

#onmyeasel Trying to get the light to come through. Im obsessed with light. Maybe because much of my life has been so dark. For yhose that want to know more about my story go to www.lifeart.co.za, artist statement, little girl with a brave heart. #art#artist #artistsoninstagram #artstudio #instaartist #solideogloria #discoverart #artsharing #encausticpainting #encausticart #encausticartist #wax #artoftheday #artwork

It's a new dawn, a new day and a new year! It's a very hot and sweaty 32 degrees Celsius inside the studio. I've decided to work over an old painting that didn't sell. Yes! That's what happens to the old ones. They either get donated to charity to be auctioned of for the charity to get money, or I destroy them by painting over them. This is an older encaustic that I am now reworking. Today is my first day back at the studio after a 4 month break. I needed to get away and ask myself some…

Did a wonderfull workshop with #encausticart. Interesting how different people have different reactions to the figure. What so you feel when you look at it. #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artstudio #instaartist #artgallery #capetown #gallery #artforsale #color #painting #encausticart #encaustry

#instaartist #artgallery #capetown #southafrica #instaartist #artgallery

#onmyeasel Painting still in progress. A cold blustery and rainy day. A good day to paint. Happier with the painting. This one is taking a long time to finish. Super heavy canvas, because there is so many layers on it. There is two other older painting underneath this one. Hopefully this one stays and don't get re painted again. #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artstudio #instaartist #artgallery #capetown #gallery #artforsale #color #painting #rococcoart #contemporarypainting #mixedmedia…

#onmyeasel Still a work on progress. A long, painfull journey. Going back to my root painting style. Five hours of nonstop painting today. This is only oil on an old painting. No #encaustic as yet. Will have to see when I get closer to the end. Hoping to have this one on display at my #exhibition at The Studio Art Gallery. Opening night 1 November 2019. #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artstudio #instaartist #artgallery #capetown #southafrica #hope #oils #painting #gallery #play #figure…

#onmyeasel Looking better. Still not #beautiful up close. I want the brush strokes to be like melted #chocolate. Yummy enough to lick. Please comment and share. I love it when u guys crit my work. #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artstudio #instaartist #capetown #southafrica #instaartist #artgallery #capetown #gallery

#onmyeasel Just playing around on an old canvass. Trying to come up wth something new. I've got this image in my mind of moving wind...trying to paint the wind walker. #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artstudio #instaartist #artgallery #capetown #southafrica #hope #oils #painting #gallery #play #wind #mixedmedia

#onmyeasel Hopefully the start of something new. #acrylic #instaartist #artgallery #artstudio #instaartist #solideogloria #discoverart #artsharing #reflection #work

#onmyeasel Tried some #encausticart over the previous layers. Still not sure where I'm going with this. I found out today that I have #cataracts on both eyes. It would be interesting to know if I see the same colors after the removal of the cataracts over the next two weeks. Do I see colors brighter or duller? Please continue to give feedback on my work. I really appreciate every comment. Don't be shy to say if you don't like the work. #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artstudio…

#onmyeasel Trying something new. #acrylic + #ink + #ballpointpen. Sort of like it. Not yet sure where it is going. I would really appetite some.feedback. #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artstudio #instaartist #artgallery #artforsale #color #artstudio #solideogloria #discoverart #artsharing #reflection #work

The beauty of an early morning ride. Dew on the grass and the bite of fresh air in your lungs. #solideogloria #discover #horse #thouroughbred #oldhorse #horseriding #capetown #southafrica #artistatrest #outdoors #nature #relax #sport

I've got no idea what I am doing. I'm just wanting to try something new. I dont even know what the "new" is supposed to be. Maybe something happens. Maybe this is just all a waste of paint and I'll throw it away. #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artstudio #instaartist #solideogloria #discover #experience #new

Time for some reflection. Like many other artists I also hesitate to call my self a "real" artist. I struggle with insecurity when my work does not sell. (It has been a long, dry seaon) I know in my mind that my art and creativity is not who I am as a person. I am Leonie, a person with a personality and a belief system. Who I am is not what I do...yet it is tough to seperate the heart from the mind. It is part of what God is teaching me. I am not my work. My work and success does not…

Trying something new. Don't know yet what will come out of this. #mixedmedia, #pourpainting and who knows what. Want to do some #encausticart over it. Will see what happens. #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artstudio #instaartist #artgallery #capetown #southafrica #instaartist #solideogloria #discoverart #artsharing

Of to work we go hi-ho-hi-ho-hi-ho #instaartist #artgallery #capetown #southafrica #hope #art #artist

Went to Cape Town City Centre with high hopes, in my trusty steed (#Colt Mitsubishi), today to drop work at 2 potential galleries. The one was AVA in town. They took one painting. Then I had to go to another gallery in the Waterfront. I had high hopes that they might be interested in my work. It's hard when ur work gets rejected. Sometimes I have to ask myself if it is worth it to go on painting. Why do I do this to myself? It costs so much money, u put ur heart into ur work and half the…

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Escape is....a fast gallop with the wind in your face. The smell of horse, the movement of a big powerful animal in sync with your heart. The beating of two hearts as one. Lifting your face to heaven and your heart soaring like an eagle on the wing. His name is Spencer. He is a 24 year old TB, but in his heart he is still a young 5 year old soaring over the earth. My heart thank thee, the fairest of all. My heart burst at the song of love flowing out singing for the joy set before thee…

#onmyeasel Just finished. Am I on the right track with this new method? Please give feedback and comment. #art #artist #artgallery #artforsale #encausticart #wax #impressionism #instaart #instaartist

#onmyeaseltoday #oilpainting Every time I pick up a brush I enter an unfamiliar, surrealistic world without a path. I loose myself, then find my self and then get lost again. But the journey is part of the discovery. Every unfamiliar path leads to a posibility. #sneakpeak #onmyeasel #artfortheheart #painting #oilpainting #paintingtoday #capetown #capetownartist #southafrica #instaartist #instamoment #instaart #abstract #turner #romanticturnerism #abstractromanticism #leonie.e.brownart

#onmyeaselrightnow Liking the progress of this one. I'm experimenting with a new method but still combine it wth my encaustics. Every time I paint I try to find something different in what I'm doing. Let me know what you think. Pls comment and share. #sneakpeak #artfortheheart #onmyeasel #oilpainting #paintingtoday #capetown #southafrican #modern #secretmessage #spiritualart #propheticart #solideogloria #aboutsouthafrica #womanartists #womanofcolor #dailyart…

#onmyeaseltoday #onmyeaselrightnow Busy with the new #paintingoftheday Loving the colours. The idea is to a flower landscape and to totally abstactify the shapes and forms. Quite liking the result. #sneakpeak #artfortheheart #artist #art #create #creative #capetown #capetownartist #southafrica #southafricanart #instaartist #instamoment #instaart #abstract

#onmyeaseltoday Busy with new #oilpainting today. Trying out something #new #artfortheheart #painting #leonie.e.brownartist #instaart #instaartist #artoftheday #art #create #paintingtoday

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Winter Life Exhibition ##artinspiration ##artprocess ##artstudio #art exhibition #Exhibition Dear Ms Leonie, Tonight I had the honor of viewing your painting, “Out of Deep Waters” at the gallery show at St. Peter’s church. It was beautiful. I have never been so engulfed in a painting like I was in yours tonight. It brought me such peace – everything else faded away and I was left in pure contentment for a few precious, stolen moments. When I was away from it all I wanted was to come back…

Vote for Leonie in the BoldBrush painting competition! ##artfortheheart ##artforthehome ##artprocess ##artstudio ##capetownartist #art collectors #art competition #art exhibition #BoldBrush #competition #contestant #entry contest #please click here #vote Leonie has entered the international BoldBrush painting competition! She is competing against highly competent artists based in the USA. At the moment she is ranking 3rd highest in the competition. Please vote to increase her ranking. …

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Exhibition at The Bay Hotel In Camps bay on 10 December 2008 ##artfortheheart ##artforthehome ##contemporaryart #art exhibition #Christo Coetzee #Exhibition #Hardy Botha #Kentridge #other artists #The Bay Hotel The exhibition was organised by Elske Henderson which took over the gallery from Rose Korber. Rose had the gallery in the Bay Hotel for 18 years and was very well known under the hoi-polloi or elite in Camps Bay. I have never seen so much money mingling in one one place. And there we…

Artist at rest. Sitting on our 'stoep' watching the # moon come up. Just had a great #horseriding hour. Always nice to relax after a hard days work. #sneakpeak #artfortheheart #artist #calledtobecreative #capetownartist #southafrica

Five Star Art for Five Star Hotel… ##capetownartist ##contemporaryart ##encausticart ##propheticart ##spiritualart #Am Weinberg Boutique Hotel #art #art collectors #art gallery #article #artist studio #Windhoek Am Weinberg Boutique Hotel, situated in the upmarket suburb of Klein Windhoek, bought three paintings from Artist Leonie.e.Brown to decorate the entrance Hall of this luxurious, one-of-a-kind hotel. Just like this exclusive Hotel, Leonie's work is unique and made with a specific idea…

Five Star Art for Five Star Hotel… ##capetownartist ##contemporaryart ##encausticart ##propheticart ##spiritualart #Am Weinberg Boutique Hotel #art #art collectors #art gallery #article #artist studio #Windhoek Am Weinberg Boutique Hotel, situated in the upmarket suburb of Klein Windhoek, bought three paintings from Artist Leonie.e.Brown to decorate the entrance Hall of this luxurious, one-of-a-kind hotel. Just like this exclusive Hotel, Leonie's work is unique and made with a specific idea…

The surface of each painting is made of of layers of wax and oil. Each layer is has to dry before the next one can be applied. The layering gives the work a three dimensional quality. A sense of seeing through the top layers into hidden messages below. The layering gives the work a softness and richness that invites the viewer to look closer and to experience the satin smooth surface through touch. #southafrican #capetown #capetownartist #southafrica #instaartist #instamoment…

Artist at Rest. Beautiful photograph by my hubby from out balcony. Sitting outside on a wind still evening having a class of Chardonnay. Listening to the owls hooting. #artistatrest #animals #owl #dogs #chardoney #lifeart #listen #greatful #nature # bagginsbrown #photography

On my easel: In studio doing the last bit on my latest painting. Loving working with encaustic. It is pure alchemy...like magic. I love the way the paint changes in front of your eyes. #sneakpeak #artfortheheart #onmyeasel #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #artistic #encausticpainting #encaustic #inmystudio #lifeart #instaartist #instamoment #instaart #encaustic #inmystudio #artist #art #create #creative #creating #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #artistic

On my easel. Finishing of latest encaustic painting. Need to find a gallery that will be interested in displaying it. Would like to display in city centre or even find a gallery in Germany or UK. #sneakpeak #onmyeasel #artfortheheart #painting #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #instaartist #instamoment #artist #painting #artoftheday #art #create #paintingtoday #leonie.e.brownart #wax #gallery #germany #uk

On my easel: So excited! Finally had a breakthrough. Been trying to get this technique right for about 3 years. #sneakpeak #artfortheheart #onmyeasel #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #artistic #encausticpainting #encaustic #inmystudio #lifeart #instaartist #instamoment #artist #painting #artoftheday #art #create #paintingtoday #leonie.e.brownart #capetown #southafrican #modern #capetownartist #southafricanartist

On my easel: Latest Encaustic painting in my Romantic Turneresque style. Keep watching for more updates. #sneakpeak #onmyeasel #artfortheheart #painting #leonie.e.brownartist #instaart #instaartist #instamoment #artist #painting #artoftheday #artfortheheart #water #abstract #oilpainting #paintingtoday

OFF my Easel: Camping with hubby on the very empty Breede river. Water holes only here and there. Just had a lovely "au natural" swim after a 3km walk. Very out of practise with our camping skills, since we haven't camped for about 3 years. It's still the best way to see and experience nature. Miss having my dogs with me. #offmyeasel #artist #artistatrest #artistcamp #breederiver #camping #tent #relax #soulfood #blessed #leonie.e.brownart