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Leah Thiessen discusses her journey as a painter influenced by the landscape and her background in fashion design.

Australian Women Artists The podcast Ep 79 Leah Thiessen Leah Thiessen is a painter whose work is deeply shaped by place, memory, and the living energy of the landscape around her. Leah has spent close to two decades turning a very special place in Northern NSW into one of the most distinctive bodies of work in contemporary Australian painting. But she didn't start there. She began her creative life in fashion design, before retraining through a fine arts diploma, and...

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Host: Richard Graham

Guest: Leah Thiessen

Topics covered

• painting
• landscape
• memory
• contemporary art
• fashion design

Keywords

• Australian Women Artists
• Leah Thiessen
• painting
• landscape
• memory
• contemporary art
• fashion design

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Places: Northern NSW

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