Night Fern Painting

Catherine Leon is a contemporary British painter using pencil and oil paint to capture the beauty of the natural world in landscapes, still life and abstract works. Taking inspiration from her immediate environment, Leon paints the places and plants she sees depicting washes of sunset hues, glowing fern leaves and vivid flowers. Her work speaks of mystery and a longing to experience the world in union with divinity. Much like the folk art that inspires her work, there is reverence for the transcendent nature of beauty and using visual storytelling as a means to convey this.