Spen Leopard is a collage artist from Scotland, who grew up on a lighthouse and only saw anyone other than her lighthouse-keeping parents on their annual weekend holiday in Oban. “Looking back it was a terribly lonely life,” Spen says, “But we had a weekly delivery of shipping magazines and I was allowed to cut up the old editions to entertain myself during the long days of my childhood. I developed a great love of shipping collage art and I have been referred to as one of Western Scotland’s preeminent shipping collage artists who grew up on a lighthouse.”
Spen’s subject matter has since evolved and is very eclectic. “Some days I’ll be working with images of pelicans and revolvers, others it will be ice cream and bouncy castles. Every day is different. I still like a good boat.”
