Leon Hart

Leon Hart is an emerging London-based artist who creates emotionally charged abstract paintings. This solo exhibition of new work at Leyden Gallery presents a complex series of paintings that are both emotionally & texturally layered and include original music specially produced by Mark Estall with, and for, each painting.

The series of paintings for this solo exhibition were all produced during a period of extreme anxiety and personal distress for the artist at a time when he was homeless, jobless and fighting mental illness; hence the work is considering how an emotional charge can be engaged through a painting practice. Addressing these personal, social and cultural issues through an abstract painting practice has enabled the artist to create a series of paintings that are multi-faceted. The attempted communication of the artist’s internal world of frustration and anger is caught through the sharp edges and deep valleys carved into deep and complex layers of colour. The tactility of the work appears to invite the viewer to reach out and touch them, as if to feel what the artist has put into these paintings.

For further information on Leon Hart: leonhart.co.uk

Or Mark Estall marketstallrecording.com/