“Create with passion, not constraints, make marks without rules”. This is the creative philosophy of Toni, founder of House of McLeod. Toni is a mixed media artist from Maitland, NSW, with a love of botanicals and geometry.
Working predominantly in acrylic on paper and mixed media collage, her favourite tools include a gel plate.

After a 15 year obsession with textiles and contemplating a career change from mining to fashion design, Toni was introduced to watercolour pencils in 2018 at a fashion illustration workshop at the Whitehouse Institute of Design and rediscovered her love of art. Being largely self taught was no deterrent, and she created her brand and small business “House of McLeod” in 2020. Acrylic and mixed media became the preferred medium in 2024, and art became her chosen career.