Painting by Leah Mariani 144 Artwork Sold

White Queen

Oil, Canvas, Ready to hang

20.1in (W) x 20.1in (H) x 1.2in (D)

Certificate of Authenticity Included
$640

Artwork Description

"Alice, you cannot live your life to please others. The choice must be yours."

The White Queen is part of an Alice in Wonderland series from 2018. The Queen here is shown as a strong woman in a gold dress and auburn hair. She holds a golden staff which is paper collaged onto the painting to add another dimension to the work.

The painting is signed on the back and ready to hang.

Artist Bio

I'm a Melbourne artist making art about people, identity and relationships. I draw on my experience as a woman and a mother, and as a result, most of my work is about womanhood. I am a passionate advocate of women’s issues and gender equality.

I have an interest in patterns and lines and include them in nearly all my work. My attraction to patterns comes from my love of order (I'm also an accountant), but I mostly like the flat, decorative element it adds. Sometimes the material inspires the subject, but more often than not, I seek out a particular look, colour or pattern to go with the concept I have in mind. Including patterns is a way of adding another dimension to the work.

In 2020, I won the Unearthed Prize by Art to Art gallery in Balwyn. I've been exhibiting since 2012, when I held my first solo show. Prizes for which I have been shortlisted include the 2025 Omnia Prize, 2019 Footscray Art Prize, the 2018 Contemporary Art Prize, the 2016 Hornsby Prize, the 2016 She competition, the Lethbridge 10000 Small-Scale Art Prize, the 2013 Agendo Award and the 2011 Metro Award.  Early in my career, I won the 2013 Yen magazine Female Artist award and won 2 prizes at the Albert Park College Art Show. My artwork is in private collections worldwide and is part of the Standard Chartered Bank art collection, Albert Park College public collection, and the Image Mundi project.