A fresh voice in contemporary Canadian art is turning heads with powerful, memory-rich interpretations of the landscape - and she’s connected to one of the country’s most iconic art movements. Leigh McKenzie, a rising abstract painter and relative of Group of Seven artist Lemoine FitzGerald, is quickly gaining recognition for her evocative depictions of the Canadian Shield.
Drawing on her family’s artistic roots, her mother also an artist, and her own deep connection to northern lakes and wilderness, McKenzie paints landscapes, not as they are but as they are felt - shimmering with nostalgia, light and emotion. Her work captures fleeting moments: the hush of early mornings, the dance of sunlight on water, the echo of summer within the mystery of an island shoreline.
