Leighton Bannock / May - Lily of the Valley

Leighton Bannock / May - Lily of the ValleyLeighton Bannock is a Toronto based figurative painter working primarily in oil. Using both personal and found imagery as source material, she collages and repositions figures into contemporary settings to explore memory, intimacy, and the emotional weight of everyday life. Her work often incorporates tight cropping, reflective surfaces, and subtle surreal elements that create a tension between familiarity and unease. Interested in atmosphere over

Viewers are encouraged to lean in and discover the delicate marks and subtle irregularities that pulse across the panels

emotional connection

reshaping it with patience and tenderness

or traditional Korean ornaments

She employs the use of organic materials like plaster

contemplation

During this time

Her paintings are held in private collections in Canada

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we all perform dances of some kind

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