I’m a collagist working with recycled and found papers. I make paper cut collage and work with found images too. Some of my recent collage work is featured here. For semi-regular updates on art, illustration and creative projects subscribe to my mailing list. You can see what I’m thinking about this week on Instagram. Original work is sometimes for sale in my shop. Get in touch using the form below.
I’m Leo and I make collage art and mixed media illustration as ordinary shapes.
My work is inspired by colour combinations, snippets of conversation and found materials. My style is flat, bold, colourful, graphic and contingent. Some people call it joyful. I’m happy with that.
A maximalist fighting with a minimalist, I love ephemera and texture – but am similarly delighted by a few shapes hanging out on a blank page.
I find my source material from all over, billboards, floristry paper, envelopes, newspaper supplements and secondhand books. I like to include text in my work too. Women often feature.
Words and pictures are equally important to me. I work on content design and writing projects and freelance as a communications consultant with a background in art, education and book publishing. I’ve written for universities, publishing houses, agencies, charities and small businesses.
I think everyone is creative, we just need permission to explore our creativity and to play. And, for me, collage is the perfect medium.
