A practicing and exhibiting international botanical artist, Leonie is one of Australia's most prominent and highly qualified botanical educators.
Her qualifications include BA/Visual Art, B.Fine Art (BFA Honours) in Plant and Wildlife Illustration and a post graduate degree (Grad.Dip) in Adult Education.
Leonie teaches regular weekly classes, specialised workshops in NSW, Queensland and NZ, and week long Summer Schools in regional NSW, New Zealand, Fiji, Canada and the UK.
She successfully exhibits annually with the Botanical Art Society of Australia, the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens, Canberra Botanical Exhibition, as well as in the UK and New Zealand. Her work is in private and public collections in Australia and overseas, including the prestigious Hunt Institute of Botanical Documentation in Pennsylvania, USA.
Leonie is past President of the Botanical Art Society of Australia and was a long standing and active committee member. She is a member of the American Botanical Art Society and NAVA (National Assoc of Visual Artists).
As well as illustrating botanical subjects for magazines and writing articles for botanical publications, she has had articles and work published in The Artist's Palette, The Garden Clubs of Australia Magazine, Queensland Home Magazine and Friends of the Garden (Sydney) Magazine.
www.botanicalart.com.au
email: leonienorton@iprimus.com.au
