Bill Leak b. 1956

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Leak began his career with art lessons, briefly attending the Julian Ashton School, Sydney. In 1982, he began cartooning, working for the Bulletin, then the Sydney Morning Herald and News Ltd. He was a multiple entrant to the Archibald Portrait Prize and won multiple awards (Walkley, Stanley Award) for his illustrations and cartoons. He also published a novel and books of his cartoons.
Tags: painter, illustrator, editorial cartoonist, portrait artist, novelist
creator of
'The Big Picture. with apologies to Tom Roberts'
Date

Watercolour with ink detail overlay on clear plastic, pub. Weekend Australian 25-26 January 1997. (National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT: PIC R11524 LOC 3728).