Leith Semmens

Tripod Dog Gallery, art studio for Leith Semmens, situated in the picturesque coastal town of Carrickalinga South Australia.  A talented artist who specialises in creating unique and beautiful pen and ink drawings. 

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Patience, persistence, detail, and expansive art are key goals for Leith as an artist.  His drawings are extremely complex and extraordinarily detailed utalising magnification equipment and ultra-fine engineering pens to draw marks often less than a millimeter.  Drawings can take several months with larger drawings up to 10 meters taking years to complete.  

Leith's contemporary abstraction art explore a few primary themes. 

• His local environment in Carrickalinga North including it's sand dunes of national significance and the threats posed by climate change.  Often referencing patterns from across cultures and time to create abstracted cartography heavily influenced by Japanese and South East Asian traditions​

• Social and queer themes are featured prominently within his artworks too.  Exploration, documentation of queer identity and the international social implications of HIV within shunned communities.  Often working collaboratively with national or international health outreach providers, Leith's art has featured prominently within numerous international health conferences.  His affinity for recognising the social impacts of health can be witnessed in his Saint Sebastian HIV/AIDS Memorial previously located within the Old Royal Adelaide Hospital South Australia.

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Leith is honored to twice be selected as the Official Portrait Artist to the South Australian President.  

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Awarded the Queen's Trust Award and Mendelson Award. 

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Collaboration with various cooperation's like Glaxo Wellcome Pharmaceuticals International demonstrate how connections between art and corporate businesses can be socially rewarding.

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As a finalist in a plethora of national and international prizes and competitions, Leith is recognised as an artists high standing.  His art has even been featured alongside luminaries like Yoko Ono and Andy Warhol.  With his art found in Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, Singapore, India, Germany, UK, France, Spain, USA, Canada, and the Rosenkranz Collection Bremen.

He is dedicated to providing collectors with the highest quality artwork that inspires and captivates audiences.  Whether you are interested in commissioning a piece or purchasing existing artworks, don't hesitate to get in touch with Leith discuss how he can bring your vision to life.

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Tripod Dog Gallery is named after my loving fur companion Bailey.  My wonderful three legged tripod dog.