Collection: Leonie Robison - Solo Exhibition - The Journal of Lost Opportunities

2025 - 18 - 28 September

Opening event: SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2025 2-4pm

Leonie Robison - G2 Solo Exhibition

Leonie Robison is an artist driven to speak out about the wrongs of the world. Her art reflects this in its underlying themes.

Recently she has been concerned with highlighting existential threats to the environment and to many species.

Leonie worries about the degradation of our environment caused by profligate water usage, unsustainable farming practices, spewing forth of chemicals into our waterways, clearing of land that engenders loss of native habitat.

Imagery of endangered Australian flowers and animals in abstract and semi abstract representations is used in Leonie’s work to highlight the losses we have sustained and the diversity we continue to lose. Imagine a world without the delicate beauty of a native flower, the shade of a majestic tree, a forest to roam in, beautiful fluttering butterflies, the chorus of birdsong. This is what we risk as we clear land to accommodate the ever-burgeoning human population.

Leonie’s art practice is in the main made up of mixed media paintings and drawings, incorporating collage and abstract and realistic imagery. These can be layers of papers, paint, or even antique dolls. Leonie enjoys the extra subtlety and mystique as well as the visual depth that the juxtaposition of various elements and the subtle layering produces. This draws in the viewer to a greater appreciation of Leonie’s artistry as well as welcoming a closer inspection to engender a greater understanding of the issues highlighted and hidden in each work.