Kellie Leczinska

Kellie Leczinska is an award winning fine art photographer and portrait painter.  Her inspiration comes from her interest and study in art history and love of oil painting. 

Kellie spent her formative years overseas with her most memorable childhood experiences spent in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. It was here Leczinska developed a love of nature and an appreciation of Indigenous cultures.

For Leczinska, it is not enough to just create a likeness of the sitter. The creation of a painting or photograph is an emotional response, whether working with portraiture, human form or still life.  Each portrait is a conversation, although inspired by historical painting traditions, Kellie pushes age-old portrait genres with a more contemporary feel. She finds the most interesting part of portraiture is the energy and unpredictability of a subject's presence.  Through her processes Kellie seeks to develop an instinctual connection with her subjects, collaborating and encouraging each sitter to control their own narratives.  

Kellie references and plays with the aesthetics of staged settings that sometimes transform her work into fictional worlds, while also exploring the new possibilities including the capacity to weave abstract narratives into her work. The resulting work is like a dream that challenges the viewer with unconventional and menacing beauty.

Her empathetic eye seeks to explore themes which address social imbalances and evoke conversations into increased community equality and social commentary more broadly.

Kellie lives in Sydney with her husband and five fur kids.

Contact

Kellie's work is held in private and corporate collections both in Australia and Internationally.

Only a small selection of available work is shown on this site.

Please contact -  kellie@thelightcatcher.com.au to arrange a private viewing of printed work.

Kellie is also available for privately commissioned work upon request.

Acknowledgement Of Country

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognise their connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.