Leon Barnes - Artist
Oil painter & Artist, painting with Passion.
Artwork Available to buy
Mountain View - Oil painting 24x18" - £1500
Bluebell wood - Oil painting 20x16" - £650.00
Willow Lake - Oil painting 22x18" - TBC
Windmill - Oil painting - x - £650.00
Art work Available to buy..
Tiger Love - Oil Painting 20x16" £1600.00
Jaguar - oil painting 22x18" canvas £750.00
.... - Oil painting 10x8" - £450.00
Sold Items
Lakes in Pink - Oil painting 22x18" - Sold
Blue winter - Oil painting 22x18" - Sold
Puddles in the wood - Oil painting 22x18" - Sold
Birch Waters - Oil painting 22x18" - Sold
What this is about..
Artwork by Artist 'Leon Barnes'
Self taught Oil Painter, only discovering the love of painting, while in lockdown 2020 after DJ, Disco karaoke & hire business stopped due to lockdown.
In November 2020 needing some presents for family gifts, & no funds, rather depressing time, but a stored loft gift from 2009, a oil painting set and some old canvases, started the journey.. A love of painting
Oil painter, Contemporary. Impressionist, Realist Painter.
Started mostly ‘Alla Prima’ (Painting style an Italian phrase that means 'at first attempt’), or the now known ‘wet on wet’ technique. Style learnt and inspired from Bob Ross, Justin Wozniak, Kevin Hill & Andrew Tischler, Leonardo da Vinci, Zorn, Peder Mørk Mønsted, journey began..
Continuing to grow, learn & developing style, Portraits, animals
Images taken from imagination, images & photographs.
Commissions welcome.
Poster & sign writer at 16 years old
Studied A Level Art - Welwyn Garden City
HND & Degree Model making Hatfield University
Modelmaker 1998-2002, worked on prototypes for Disney, Mattle, Cadburys, Guinness, Starwars including 1/3 scale pueter R2-D2.
Films ‘Batman begins’ & ‘Flyboys’ 'Orlando' & 'Grange Hill' 1989-04
Singer 1997- Bands - Stunt pigeon, L&P - Wedding - Musiac
Sound Engineer 2004.. 14 peice bands 'Hot'n'horny, In crowd'
Profesional DJ & Weddings entertainments, Karaoke host since 2004..
Artist & Teacher 2022-2027 with resident Guest slot @ Great Dunmow Art Group every year & private lessons in oil painting techniques
2026 Dec - beginner friendly 'Leons paint & Sip' Events
When a few paintings uploaded to facebook, the love of friends and popularty of the work funding my hobby.
Now as I have grown and improved as an artist, and every wall in the house is full, work on display in Gallerys
"The Mardlebury Gallery'' Unit 3c, Mardleybury Rd, Datchworth SG3 6SG https://www.mardleyburygallery.co.uk
Btc display Stevenage
Wenta Dispaly Pottersbar
member of Herts visual arts, SAA & Tish Acadamy.
