Lenard Collins

I’m a Canadian artist and designer based in Calgary AB, working primarily in encaustic wax. My work blends bright, textured layers with both figurative and abstract forms, often integrating mixed media such as oil, ink, and natural found objects. I paint on cradled wood panels, layering beeswax and pigment.

While my full-time career is in UX and web design, visual art has always been part of my life. I’ve drawn and painted since high school, though for many years I stood slightly to the side of the canvas—designing websites and posters for artist friends rather than claiming the title of artist myself. That changed after a major life upheaval, when a period of physical and emotional recovery became a turning point. I turned to painting not just as a creative outlet but as a form of therapy and reconnection.

Discovering encaustic painting felt like finding my voice again. The medium’s luminosity, texture, and physicality drew me in and allowed me to build on my foundational skills in a new, deeply intuitive way. Each piece is a process of layering, melting, revealing—mirroring the emotional depth that often fuels my creative practice.

As the ninth of ten children in a large, supportive family, I draw strength from connection and ...

ESCAPE | Life Happens, Art Heals
NVRLND. Calgary
May 9-11 2025

In Conversation II
Coast Collective Victoria BC
October 5 - 30 , 2016


Animal Magnetism - 3 paintings
Coast Collective Victoria BC
August 12 - 23, 2015

Destination Victoria: Small Local Treasures - 4 paintings
Coast Collective Victoria BC
July 22 - August 9, 2015

ASSOCIATIONS - 7 paintings
Coast Collective Victoria BC
July 1 - 19, 2015

Wishrush Gallery - 7 paintings
Mental Health
May 29th - July 2015

RE-VISION: Art for Earth Day! 4 paintings
Coast Collective Victoria
April 22 - May 3, 2015

NOTHING is so BEAUTIFUL - 1 painting
Float House Art Book Project - Victoria BC

Transformations - 2 paintings
Coast Collective Victoria BC
Jan 6 - 31 2016

RED - 2 paintings
Coast Collective Victoria BC
Feb 3 - 28 2016

Encaustica
July 20 - 31 2016
Solo Exhibition
Coast Collective Colwood BC