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Profile - Leisl Baker

Leisl Baker's expressive, contemporary landscape works are recognisable for their painterly, bold brushwork, rural scenes and rapid sgraffito. Working both en plein air and in her Toowoomba studio, Leisl aims to capture the essence of a time and place in her paintings. Leisl has been painting full time since 2017, her work having been shortlisted in numerous national awards for landscape including the Paddington Art Prize and the Hadley’s Prize for Landscape. Leisl’s work was also featured in the 2018 Thames & Hudson publication ‘A Painted Landscape’ by Amber Creswell Bell.

 

ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS

  • June 2019: Finalist – Lethbridge 20000 (Group 1)
  • August 2018: Rugby Farms Acquisitive Award, Facets of Fairholme Art Exhibition
  • June 2018: Finalist – Hadleys Art Prize
  • February 2018: Finalist – Morris Art Prize
  • September 2017: Finalist – Clayton Utz Art Award
  • September 2017: Finalist – Tattersalls Club Landscape Art Prize
  • August 2017: Finalist – Chippendale World Art Residency
  • May 2017: Finalist – Lethbridge 10 1000 (Section 2 – online)
  • March 2017: Finalist – Moreton Bay Art Award 2017
  • October 2016: Finalist – Rio Tinto Martin Hansen Memorial Art Awards
  • September 2016: Finalist – Paddington Art Prize
  • June 2016: Finalist – Waverley Art Prize
  • May 2016: Finalist – Pro Hart Outback Art Prize
  • May 2016: Finalist – Lethbridge 10 000
  • May 2016: Finalist – Toowoomba Biennial Emerging Artist Award
  • April 2016: Champion Picture – RAS Toowoomba Show 2016
  • April 2016 – Finalist: Moreton Bay Art Award 2016
  • December 2015 – Finalist: Contemporary Art Awards
  • October 2015 – Finalist: Rio Tinto Martin Hanson Memorial Art Awards
  • 1989 – Finalist – Suncorp Art Awards
  • 1989 – Open Champion Picture – Toowoomba Royal Show
  • 1988 – Junior Champion Picture – Toowoomba Royal Show