Welcome to the online portfolio of Australian contemporary artist Leith O'Malley.

L O W D O W N :

RED CARPET: A design by Leith O'Malley been chosen as the brand identity for The State Theatre Company of South Australia’s 2010 theatre program “Red Carpet”. The design will be seen across Adelaide throughout the year as the company promotes and markets a new theatre program. Click for details..

INTERVIEW: A recent chat with American arts educator and enthusiast Larry Hewett: click here.

EXHIBITION: Jan 14th 2010 sees the work of Leith O'Malley hanging in the International Carriage House collection at the The 4th Wall Gallery in Dallas, Texas along with the Glenn Barr solo exhibion. Glenn is one of Detroit's most celebrated and successful underground artists. A hot ticket..

IN THE STUDIO: Two new works are currently underway. To view please visit the blog "Control Alt Create" click here.

NOW SHOWING: The 4th Wall Gallery at 2925 Fairmount Street Dallas, Texas.
The work of Leith O'Malley, Calef Brown, Jason Limon, Gary Taxali, Sterling Hundley, Laurie McClave and Jody Hewgill.

NEWS NEWS NEWS: Art News Blog has a sneak peak of a recent work in progress in the studio.. click the link here..

SHADOWPLAY: On painting the Irish musician Rory Gallagher..

FEATURED: Latest issue of the contemporary fine arts ezine "Magartzone" includes a six page spread on Leiths work. To view, visit the link here..

BIG IN TEXAS: Several large works on canvas and paper currently featured in the "Eyes Wide Open" exhibition of The 4th Wall Gallery at 2925 Fairmount Street Dallas, Texas which opened on May 21st. Among the painters work featured with Leith O'Malley are notable artists Ana Bagayan, Anita Kuntz, Cynthia Von Buhler, Scott Bakal, Pol Turgeon, Joe Sorren, Sterling Hundley, Greg Noppe to name a few. More details here..

SPEAKING OF TEXAS.. The Little Chimp Society is pleading the 4th.. here

CALIFORNIA DREAMING: Original works now available via the 4th Wall Gallery in Los Angeles. The gallery is the creation of Storyopolis owner Matthew Abramowitz, who has earned a reputation among artists and collectors for being among the most respected and finest dealers of editorial and illustrated art in the world. Mr. Abramowitz's newest gallery has a unique and limited collection with an amazingly diverse group of world-renowned artists. Go to the gallery via this link..

MERGE!: Leith is happy to be featured on the Merge site.. oozing South Oz cool.. Go!

EXTEMPORE and all that JAZZ: Featured drawings in the May 2009 edition of "Extempore"magazine, Australian Jazz's premier publication for jazz writing, interviews, art and photography. For a preview click on the Extempore image at left or visit this link..

REEF FEST: Thanks to some gentle prodding from South Florida record producer Richard Serotta, Leith is joining forces to help promote "Reef Fest" with a range of jazz prints being made available. More Details here..

AVAILABLE WORKS ON PAPER and CANVAS: A studio cleanout unearths several works now available for purchase. See the "New Available work" link at left which will take you to both" works on paper" and "works on canvas". Watch out for several new "works on paper" heading to Double Bay, Sydney in June 2009 as part of a group exhibition at Frances Keevil Gallery.

SYDNEY & MELBOURNE: The afore mentioned Frances Keevil Gallery of Sydney also has a large oil on canvas work titled "Nighthawk" available... visit the link here to go to the site and use the list on the left hand side of the page to view other available works and CV information. Artists represented there also include Margaret Olley, John Olsen, Gary Shead, Charles Blackman, Arthur Boyd, Melissa Eagan, Wendy Sharpe, Paul Souter and more.

INTERVIEW: Italian magazine "Jazz Colours" have published an interview in their latest issue. Brush up on your Italian and head over here. Also, the "Blanket" magazine feature is currently available as a PDF download. Click on the Release 2 issue on their website here.

PEOPLES CHOICE : Leith O'Malley was chosen as the "Peoples Choice" in the recent $25000 Whyalla Art Prize. Leiths large charcoal on paper "The Question Begs the Answer" was exhibited along with notable paintings by Christopher Orchard, Margie Sheppard, Andrew Baines, Jody Broun, Esther Erlicharge and many more..

CAFFEINE GIRL SERIES: "The Caffeine Girls" work has all but sold out at it's Adelaide unveiling in Artistic License Gallery. Some remaining works in Melbourne. More on this here..

Sidetracked again: The jazz artwork for Festival Productions Inc. New York .. details here..

Magville: db magazine: Leith O'Malleys artwork on the front cover. A closer look is just a click away.. right here..

The Asia Pacific site of Wacom (makers of graphics tablets) are featuring a digital illustration walkthrough.. More..

Have added a "Drawing & Sketches" page for those of you who keep asking where all the dirty stuff.. well it's charcoal after all. More

Rave on John Donne Dept.. Everyone's blogging on about something these days. if you can't paint them, join them. More

Playing in the studio: Miles Davis, Bombay Dub Orchestra.Zero 7, Coltrane, Rufus Wainwright and Laura Veirs..