Painter · Born in 1964 - South Africa

Leonie Brown

The Unraveling: Threads of Courageous Beauty

Oil, Embroidery on Canvas
39x39in

$2,740

Delicious Hope by Leonie Brown, Painting for Sale on Select

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Despite Everything, I Still Bloom | Original Abstract Painting

Oil, Wax on Canvas
30x22in

$1,410

Surrender | Figurative Painting with Embroidery

Oil, Wax on Canvas
59x47in

$4,460

Leonie Brown

South Africa

Credentials

Established Artist
Major permanent collection
Works on commission

« My aim is to make art that not only tells my story but all our stories. To speak to the abused, the down-trodden, the hopeless, the lost, the lonely, the shamed, the orphan, the abandoned. »

When I pierce the painting with a needle, the resistance, the wound, the scar of thread feel truer than paint alone. Stitching transforms the surface—binding fragments, creating networks of colour, repair made visible. Paint speaks in washes and layers; thread speaks in line, dimension, and labour. Inspired by neuroplasticity, this process mirrors the brain’s rewiring after trauma: repetition forms new pathways, honouring both wound and healing. The thread doesn’t erase—it creates alternate routes, tangible evidence of repair and connection.