Artists

Born in 1966, Lee-Ann Toyokawa holds a Bachelor of Visual Arts from NMIT (Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology).

Lee-Ann’s paintings are tributes to life’s transience.

“As my life changes, so does my artwork. Mostly it is an ongoing theme of motherhood and domesticity. But as my children grow older, I have more time to reflect and remember my own childhood and identity, and this is reflected in my artworks.”

Birds, moths, crockery and skulls are recurring objects in Lee-Ann’s artworks; preserving in paint imagined moments, memories, and the passing of time.