Do fortune telling fungi tell futuristic fairytales? According to artist Kath Leone, they just might. The Fortune Tellers is a whimsical and intricately crafted miniature artwork that invites the viewer...
Do fortune telling fungi tell futuristic fairytales? According to artist Kath Leone, they just might.
The Fortune Tellers is a whimsical and intricately crafted miniature artwork that invites the viewer into a surreal, storybook world where mushrooms become quiet narrators of what's to come. Kath Leone's practice consistently finds the imaginary dimension in the botanical world — the fairies that emerge from mycelium, the pixie places in the undergrowth, the fortune-telling potential of a cluster of fungi. Leone is originally from Cape Town, South Africa, now London-based, with a practice built on pseudo-botanical art and a synaesthetic relationship with colour that gives her perception of the natural world an additional sensory dimension beyond the visual. Miniature, hand-printed. Signed. £55.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Kath Leone
Kath Leone is a contemporary artist and textile designer from Cape Town, South Africa. Her highly imaginative, pseudo botanical art features plants, insects, animals, fungi and sea life. Compelled by the glow and depth of overlapping colours in screen printing, Kath aims to capture some of the charm found in old-fashioned fabrics by combining layers of translucent inks to build enchanting colour palettes in her work.
Having a condition called synaesthesia, specifically grapheme-colour and chromesthesia, Kath experiences continual additional colour, texture and shape perception when hearing everyday sounds and words. This saturates Kath’s mind and life, influencing her artistic practice and explaining her obsession with colour-mixing.