Profile

Leigh Hewson-Bower has established a reputation as one of Australia’s finest interpreters of coastal landscapes. The subject of his works range from the rivers and waterfalls of The Kimberley to the South coast of Western Australia and the East coast of New South Wales.

After four years of study at Caulfield Institute of Technology, he graduated in1967 with a Diploma of Fine Art in Painting.  While there, he was awarded the annual Student Prize three years running.

Several years of working in commercial photography followed, travelling to Europe and South East Asia.  Exhibitions of photography and large abstract paintings at Consortium Galleries in Adelaide attracted favourable reviews.

In 1983 Leigh moved to Perth to help set up a production company for the construction and painting of theatre sets. The years that followed saw him painting backdrops for the Australian Ballet, full sets for the West Australian Ballet and Opera,  Australian Opera, and in addition, pursuing a career as an artist, exhibiting at Perth Galleries.

Over the last fifteen years the success of his landscape paintings has allowed him to devote himself exclusively to his work.

He is represented by Linton and Kay Fine Art in Perth Western Australia, Trevor Victor Harvey Galleries in Sydney and Red Sea Gallery in Singapore.

Exhibitions

1978   Consortium Galleries, Adelaide, solo exhibition of photography.
1979   Consortium Galleries, Adelaide, group show of paintings.
1980   Consortium Galleries, Adelaide, group show of paintings
1993   Perth Galleries, solo exhibition of paintings
1994   Perth Galleries, solo exhibition of paintings
1995   Perth Galleries, solo exhibition of paintings
1996   Perth Galleries, group show of paintings
1998   Aspects of Fremantle, Moores Building, Fremantle.
2000  WA Print Award exhibition, Moores Building, Fremantle.
2001   Centenary of Federation Kings Park Calendar
2002   Melbourne on Hay Gallery, Perth Solo Exhibition
2005   Shorelines  Linton and Kay Fine Art Gallery, Perth Solo exhibition
2006   A View of the Ocean Linton and Kay Fine Art Gallery, Perth Solo exhibition
2007   New Works Linton and Kay Fine Art Gallery, Perth Solo exhibition
2008   Sydney Works Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney Solo exhibition
2009   River and Sea Linton and Kay Fine Art Gallery, Perth Solo exhibition
2009   One Day in Sydney Solo Show Trevor Victor Harvey Gallery, Sydney Solo exhibition
2010   New Works Solo Show Linton and Kay Fine Art, Perth Solo exhibition
2011   Reference Points Linton&Kay Perth, Solo exhibition
2012   A Sense of Place  Linton&kay Perth, Solo exhibition
2013   Back to the Island Linton&Kay Solo exhibition
2014   Th Kimberley Series Linton&Kay Perth Solo exhibition
2015   From the Boat  Linton&Kay Perth Solo exhibition
2016   Signature Works  Linton&Kay Perth Solo exhibition
2016   Islands  Red Sea Gallery, Singapore Solo exhibition

Represented in private and corporate collections in Western Australia, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, USA, Singapore, France, Hong Kong, and  the United Kingdom.