Leanne Baird

Stoney Lake Island, 2022, acrylic on panel
About the Artist:
Leanne Baird is a former landscape designer and graduated from the Fine Art program at the University of Toronto. She has also studied process art making and mandala art making in the USA and India. Since her studies, Leanne has participated in numerous juried and group shows throughout Ontario including The Frederick Horsman Varley Gallery, The Agnes Jamieson Gallery, Rails End Gallery and The Art Gallery of Peterborough.
Leanne has taught children’s art classes at the Varley Art Gallery, numerous school boards in Southern Ontario including Lakefield College School and the Art School of Peterborough, where she also served a three-year term on the Board of Directors. In addition, Leanne offered process painting workshops called “A Vision Quest into the Mandala” in her studio. Leanne is currently focusing on her painting practice. In her spare time Leanne likes to garden and spend time in nature. Her work is found in many national and international private collections, and she is currently represented by The Ethel Curry Gallery, Colborne Street Gallery, and Buckingham Gallery of Fine Art.

Studio: interior of Leanne Baird’s studio
Exhibitions
Stephanie Ford Forrester, Northland Harmony, 2022 textile, painted cotton & batiks
Selections: 39th Annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour
Jul 8, 2023 to Oct 1, 2023
Miguel Hernandez Autorino, Why I Left, 2022, oil on canvas KAST 2022 Selections Exhibition
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour: Selections
Jul 9, 2022 to Oct 2, 2022
Bronson Smith - All about Art Online Auction 2021
It’s All About ART Online Auction Preview
Oct 21, 2021 to Nov 21, 2021
Installation view of KAST Selections exhibition. From Left: Paul Nabuurs, Bronson Smith, David Hickey
Selections: 37th Annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour Exhibition
Jul 22, 2021 to Oct 3, 2021
Jane LowBeer, String Theory, 2015, monotype on paper, 22" x 28"
It’s All About ARTISTS Preview Exhibition
Oct 8, 2020 to Nov 8, 2020
Left: Leanne Baird, Forest Light, 2020, acrylic on canvas; Right: Victoria Wallace, Silhouette Series: #10, 12, 20, 21, 2019, encaustic, ink and oil pastel
Selections: 36th Annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour Exhibition
Aug 20, 2020 to Nov 8, 2020
Peer Christensen, Park & Lansdowne St., Peterborough, oil on canvas, 2019
Selections: 35th Annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour
Jun 29, 2019 to Sep 22, 2019
Rowena Dykins, Lynn River, 2012
33rd Annual Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour: Selections
Jul 1, 2017 to Sep 24, 2017
Leanne Baird, Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, 2016
32nd Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour – Selections
Sep 17, 2016 to Oct 30, 2016
Jenny Kastner, Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, 2015
31st Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour: Selections
Sep 12, 2015 to Nov 1, 2015
John Climenhage, Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour, 2014
Kawartha Autumn Studio Tour: Selections
Sep 19, 2014 to Oct 19, 2014