Leighton Contemporary

Leighton Contemporary A boutique contemporary art gallery based on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.

16/06/2026

Kristian Hawker works from an old houseboat on a quiet stretch of the Noosa River, on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. Using the houseboat rooftop as his studio, his abstract works directly engage with the elements to form abstract landscapes and seascapes.

Hawker’s paintings are inspired by aerial views of rugged Australian terrain. He works with a potent alchemy of acrylic, oil and saltwater. This combination, along with natural forces — sunlight, rain, and wind — interacts with the materials over the course of months. Each work is a slow and poetic collaboration with nature; these elements are not only subjects, but also active participants in his process.

Hawker’s past work as a potter and filmmaker further inform his works: “each work is a reflection of place, memory, and the continuous evolution of the place that we all call home.”

View works by Hawker in the gallery, or via our website.

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03/06/2026

COMING SOON to LC: Works by ADAM HALLS

Adam Halls is a contemporary textile artist whose work pushes the boundaries of the medium through intricate and meticulously crafted surfaces. His practice is grounded in a desire to connect viewers emotionally with the natural world. As he explains, “I want my work to bring people joy and a sense of life, and to be a celebration of the beauty found in nature — bringing a piece of that inside to make us happy when we look at it.” By combining traditional textile techniques with a modern sensibility, Halls challenges conventional perceptions of fabric, elevating it to the status of fine art.

Living and working on his family farm in Bodmin, Cornwall, England, Halls draws continual inspiration from the surrounding landscape. He is particularly captivated by the subtle beauty of lichen on stone, the layered textures of bark, and the fleeting colours of flowers in the garden. These observations inform the organic forms and repeating patterns within his work. This close relationship with nature is not only visual but philosophical, reflecting an ongoing interest in cycles of growth, decay, and renewal.

The starting point for each piece comes directly from lived experience. “My starting point usually comes from observational sketches or from photographs I’ve taken on the farm, from walks and holidays,” he notes. These source materials are translated into cloth through a slow and deliberate studio process: “They always start as a painting on linen back in the studio and are developed over many weeks, sometimes taking up to two months.” This extended period of making allows images rooted in observation to evolve into complex textile compositions.

Adam’s works will be in Noosaville in September of 2026.

Learn more, or register to receive a preview catalogue via [email protected]

 

29/05/2026

Friday afternoon 🌛
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Ming Nomchong‘Imaginarium’ 🐚🫧🦪“The collection of works in this series - titled ‘Imaginarium’ - talk to a world within wo...
27/05/2026

Ming Nomchong
‘Imaginarium’ 🐚🫧🦪

“The collection of works in this series - titled ‘Imaginarium’ - talk to a world within worlds; a world in which the smaller you go, the bigger things get. In this series, I pay particular attention to seashells, which to me, symbolise the cylindrical nature of life - birth, death and resurrection. Their hard, complex, and intricate exterior protects the vulnerable creature inside; they are a safe haven, a home. Imaginarium celebrates these homes - these inter-worlds that are sometimes small but ever-expanding.” - Ming Nomchong

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“I am mesmerised by the dance of the water and capturing the female form when connected to it; both deeply powerful, eve...
23/05/2026

“I am mesmerised by the dance of the water and capturing the female form when connected to it; both deeply powerful, ever-moving, ever-changing. The ocean provides exquisite reminders of its vastness — it can make us feel so small, but also so deeply connected; untethered, present, free. I invite you to enjoy the intrigue of the ocean with me...” - Francesca Owen

Meanjin / Brisbane-based Francesca Owen is a photographic and performance artist. Francesca’s intrigue for the water began at eight, when she was introduced to Synchronised Swimming. In 2012, Francesca was selected to represent Australia in the London Olympic Games. After hanging up her competitive bathers, she picked up the underwater housing for her camera, and hasn’t left the water’s edge since.

Welcome to the world through Francesca’s eyes — a kaleidoscope of elegance and expression, with a glimpse of glitter.

View both limited edition and open edition works by Francesca Owen via the Leighton Contemporary website - direct enquiries to [email protected] or send the team a DM.

Works by Diana Miller are on view via the gallery website and in the Noosaville gallery 🙌🏼Diana Miller is an abstract pa...
22/05/2026

Works by Diana Miller are on view via the gallery website and in the Noosaville gallery 🙌🏼

Diana Miller is an abstract painter and assemblage artist based in Byron Bay. Born and raised in Cape Town, Miller’s practice is grounded in shape-making and the expressive power of colour. Her paintings unfold through a playful negotiation between intuition and control, where raw, instinctive gestures meet a deliberate urge to edit, disrupt, deconstruct and begin again.

New beginnings have become a way of life for Miller, who has navigated thirty house moves since immigrating to Australia. This continual cycle of upheaval and reassembly is mirrored in her work — paintings that pulse with the energy of disruption and the quiet discipline of restoration.

With a sensibility shaped through her background in graphic design, Miller rejects figurative representation in favour of open, emotional inquiry, revelling in happy accidents. Her paintings express a compulsion to move; to respond to the insistent pleasures of colour, texture, shape, and material. She builds layered compositions from elements she has cut, coloured, shaped, and imagined — an evolving visual lexicon in which past and present remain in dialogue. Miller’s work is a vivid celebration of art’s capacity to defy logic; to optimistically leap into the unknown and somehow stick the landing, finding beauty in what emerges.

Pictured: ‘Trying To Connect’ (2025) — Acrylic on Board — 25.5 cm x 20.5 cm — Framed in Tasmanian Blackwood

Direct enquiries to the gallery team via [email protected] or DM.

Miranda Hampson is an artist of Anaiwan descent, recognised within the Aboriginal community at Uralla and currently prac...
19/05/2026

Miranda Hampson is an artist of Anaiwan descent, recognised within the Aboriginal community at Uralla and currently practicing on Dharawal Country.

Hampson practice explores systems of containment and release, drawing on First Nations relationships to Country alongside her background in cultural heritage management. Through layered mark-making and repetition, Hampson constructs surfaces that hold, resist and eventually yield, mirroring the pressures placed on human, ecological and cultural systems.

Her work considers what is carried, what is constrained, and what must be released, positioning landscape not as a fixed entity but as a dynamic field of tension, memory and exchange.

Pictured: ‘Woven For The Catch’ (2025) — Acrylic on Cotton Canvas — 76 cm x 102 cm

On view by appointment in the Noosaville gallery and via the gallery website.

Gentle afternoon moments with works by Hannah Lange 🦋Featured: ‘Where The River Meets The Ocean’ and ‘Waves’. Please dir...
17/05/2026

Gentle afternoon moments with works by Hannah Lange 🦋

Featured: ‘Where The River Meets The Ocean’ and ‘Waves’. Please direct enquiries to [email protected]

New to Leighton Contemporary: ‘The Mitchelton Series’ by artist and equestrian Susan Watson Knight and photographer Trev...
17/05/2026

New to Leighton Contemporary: ‘The Mitchelton Series’ by artist and equestrian Susan Watson Knight and photographer Trevor Mein.

‘The Mitchelton Series’ features two Thoroughbred stallions – an elegant grey named ‘Puissance De Lune’ and 2010 Melbourne Cup winner ‘Americain’.

Knight and Mein were interested in capturing the striking beauty and power of the stallions by focusing on their remarkable musculature and the varied marks and patterning on their coats. “We respect and admire the strength and athleticism of these racehorses, though on this occasion our focus was intentionally more intimate. We captured the stallions in their private stable area at Swettenham Stud, observing them in a quiet space as distinct from the customary performance and public scrutiny.”

Pictured: ‘Flight’ — Puissance De Lune Collection — Mitchelton Series — Archival Pigment Print — Limited Edition of 10 + 2 AP

View available works via the gallery website. Direct enquiries to the gallery team via [email protected] or DM.

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