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Artist Statement
This artwork, 'Ahoy', reflects on the quiet significance of Palm Beach Wharf as a place of connection — a place of both setting out and coming home across Pittwater’s waterways and beaches. It’s tied to the everyday rhythms of local life and the simple joys of leisure, escape, and return. I’ve used historical images of the Pittwater area as the foundation for the collage, creating a textured surface anchored in a strong sense of place. Transparent acrylic glazes layer over this base to evoke the passing of time and the way places hold memory beneath their surfaces.
About the Artist
Leigh Binskin
leighbinskinartLeigh Binskin is a mixed media artist whose work is deeply influenced by her Scottish heritage and her chosen life on the Northern Beaches, Australia. Leigh’s art reflects a strong connection to everyday items, the land and the layered stories and memories they hold. Her distinctive style involves the layering historic photographs, handwritten notes, and her own intricate sketches with transparent acrylic glazes. These elements act like archaeological layers—revealing fragments of lives lived, places loved, and moments remembered. Leigh's work was most recently exhibited at Sydney Road Gallery, Balgowlah and she was a finalist in this year's Waverley Woollahra Landscape Art Prize. Leigh has also featured as the cover artist for The Tawny Frogmouth.