Leonie Brown

Leonie.e.Brown detonates the boundaries of encaustic and mixed media art from the crucible of Cape Town, South Africa.

Her work is a relentless maelstrom of molten wax, resin, and woven threads—an aggressive assault on memory itself. These layered, textured warscapes ignite raw human emotion, tearing open the fabric of time with the “Threads of Life” series. Gold leaf and screaming reds slash through translucent wax, forging dynamic, almost violent, sculptural battlescapes.

Internationally acclaimed and armed with top accolades, Leonie has stormed galleries from Groot Constantia to Namibia’s Am Weinberg Hotel.

Her art is a brutal exploration of chaos, resilience, and transformation—the beautiful, savage engine beneath human experience.


Portfolio:

Abstract Art

I plunge headlong into memory’s chaos, wielding molten beeswax and raw threads like weapons.

My “Threads of Life” series does not whisper— it roars, layers thick with translucent wax and visceral stitching that tear through the past, present, and future.

Each scraped surface is a battlefield, where darkness is scraped away to expose the raw, unyielding light beneath.

These works breathe and pulse, alive with the violent rhythm of transformation. This is no gentle meditation—this is a war zone of experience, a relentless call to confront and own the jagged, tangled webs that shape our very souls.

Grasping Life “Grasping Life”

SOLD
Dimensions: 150 × 120 cm

Delicious Hope “Delicious Hope”

Shipping Weight: 4 kg
Dimensions: 120 × 80 cm
Oil, Cold Wax, Alcohol Ink

Joy In The Morning “Joy In The Morning”

Shipping Weight: 4 kg
Dimensions: 120 × 80 cm
Oil, Cold Wax, Alcohol Ink

Forged in Fire “Forged in Fire”

Shipping Weight: 4 kg
Dimensions: 120 × 80 cm
Encaustic + Oil on Wooden Panel

Despite Everything, I still Bloom “Despite Everything, I still Bloom”

Shipping Weight: 1.5 kg
Dimensions: 75 × 50 cm
Oil, Cold Wax, Embroidery Thread