The Red Rose

“Tthis red rose honours the mythic symbolism of Aphrodite — through the radiant, life-giving side of her story. In ancient stories, the first red roses bloomed from her footsteps as she rushed to love; each petal held the warmth of devotion, courage, and the awakening of the heart.” - Leni Kae

A beautiful painting of a red rose, by Sydney artist Leni Kae. This artwork is from Leni Kae’s series ‘Awakenings’ - featuring artworks inspired through meditations and dreamings. They follow a journey of connection with nature and Animal Spirit, while also retracing a journey through the artist’s Greek ancestral spiritual landscape

Created with pencil, acrylic, ink on paper. A2 dimension - 42 x 59.4cm. Require framing.
Leni Kae is a spiritual artist and intuitive writer from Sydney, Australia. Her visual and written works are largely inspired by nature and its energy; exploring the depths of nature’s connection to the human spirit and emotional landscape. Through nature, Leni believes we can come to a deeper understanding of ourselves.

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Leni Kae is a Sydney-based Australian artist and author whose work explores the relationship between nature, symbolism, perception, and inner awareness.
Her work spans expressive bird and Animal Spirit paintings, abstract landscape art, Greek mythology inspired art and contemporary symbolic works created through layered acrylic, watercolour, ink, and mixed media. Using fluid movement, luminous colour, and intuitive mark-making, her paintings investigate themes of awareness, connection, atmosphere, and inner experience.
Alongside her studio practice, Leni also creates books and immersive creative works that bridge visual art, storytelling, and reflection.

Leni Kae’s work has been a finalist in numerous Australian art prizes, including Du Reitz Art Awads 2025, Lake Art Prize 2022, Heysen Prize for Landscape 2020, Mandorla Art Awards 2020,




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Artist website www.lenikae.com.au