Lee Ann Teale has been drawing with a pen since the age of two. What began as an early fascination with drawing has developed into a lifelong dedication to the visual arts.

Her formal education includes a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), and postgraduate studies in education. Alongside her artistic practice, she has extensive teaching experience, which has played an important role in her professional and creative development.

Teale’s artistic process is deeply influenced by her experience with monoprinting. Through this practice, she developed an appreciation for the expressive possibilities of layering ink and building rich surfaces through colour, texture, and experimentation. These techniques have evolved into the vivid, multilayered backgrounds that characterize much of her current work.

Over these backgrounds, she creates intricate illustrations primarily using ballpoint pens, her preferred drawing medium. The contrast between the spontaneity of the ink backgrounds and the precision of her pen drawings is central to her artistic practice.

Each large-scale illustration is an extensive undertaking, often requiring six months to a year to complete. The process demands patience, concentration, and a sustained commitment to detail, with every line contributing to a larger visual narrative.

Her work brings together expressive colour, meticulous linework, and complex imagery, creating compositions that invite viewers to look beyond their initial impressions and discover the details within.