Crossing Lines

 Title/Artist: 'Crossing Lines' by Lan Pagliaro

Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Year Created: 2026

More Info: gallery247.com.au/lan-pagliaro | @crackedlens1

Size (W)x(H): 51cm x 26cm

Artwork Description: This work explores the tension between connection and collapse—between the structures we rely on and the emotional weight they carry. Power lines cut through the composition as symbols of communication, dependency, and distance, holding immense unseen load. Open sky and birds suggest breath and possibility, while dense, fractured colour presses in from the opposite side, reflecting an internal landscape of calm against overwhelm. Acid greens, electric pinks, and bruised purples collide without resolution, leaving traces of pressure and resilience. The surface holds its scars, sitting in the space between endurance and coming undone.

My name is Leanne Pagliaro and I am a Melbourne based artist. Ever since I was a little girl, I have loved to create. Art is a passion of mine that I discovered ten years ago. Through much experimentation and dedication, it has helped me develop into the artist I am today. I have done many workshops to further my skills and I attend life drawings classes on a regular basis.

I try to harness a vast diversity within my art. My hope is that my viewers will connect with my art on a deep and personal level. I love experimenting with different mediums and techniques. I don’t want to be boxed into specific genre. I love to offer honest, meaningful and often very raw art, that has come from a very personal part of my imagination. It has been described as alternative contemporary art, that occasionally fringes on the weird, macabre and beautiful.