Leighton Bannock / Touching Grass

Leighton Bannock / Touching GrassLeighton Bannock is a Toronto based figurative painter working primarily in oil. Her work spans both figurative and still life painting, often incorporating subtle surreal elements and close, cropped framings that prioritize atmosphere over explicit storytelling. Leighton is interested in how a single gesture or arrangement of objects can evoke a psychological state or hint at a moment just outside the frame. Partial views and proximate objects

Her work is held in personal and corporate collections across Canada and internationally

architecture

Working in mediums of clay

We won't blame you if you even just choose to come back to this product page to take a peek anytime the cortisol spikes

and the gentle pull toward what lies ahead

She is currently based in Cape Town

While neutral in palette

resulting in work that feels raw

Three-dimensional extruded lines rise and curve across the surface with a sense of playful ease

yet timeless charm as her visual artwork

Perfect as a hero piece or pear-ed alongside another fave (see what we did there

and the collective consciousness through landscapes