Homecoming | A Solo Exhibition by Leo du Feu
Friday 22 May to Sunday 13 September 2026
In a true reflection of the word Homecoming, this exhibition is Leo du Feu's return to his Linlithgow roots. In the gallery rooms there will be both contrasts and connections to the artist's many journeys by rail including paintings based on his home town of Linlithgow. In this, by far, his largest solo exhibition to date, the collection will also include artworks from his annual summer residency on the Isle of May and his newly emerging work based on experiences of Fatherhood and emotional well-being. This exhibition is the artist's full acknowledgement of the excitement and unknowns within the processes of creative painting practice.
As a 2006 Graduate of Drawing & Painting at Edinburgh College of Art, the themes of land, wildlife, environment, story, myth, mystery continue to find expression in Leo's art. Nature is the key thread running through it all. One of the artist's top passions is sketching and painting from life, out in the landscape around Scotland, often travelling by train in his role as a ScotRail Community Rail Champion. In 2020 the Railway Heritage Trust grant funded Leo's renovation of a long-disused building on the platform at historic Burntisland railway station. The former waiting room is now his studio, large windows looking across the waters of the Forth to Edinburgh. Burntisland Station Studio brings together the artist's love of rail, art and the Scottish coastline.
Leo and his wife Jennifer live with their young family in the Kingdom of Fife in the thriving coastal town of Burntisland on Scotland's beautiful east coast.
Image: The Energy of the Island, acrylic on canvas, 2026
ASSOCIATED EVENT
Artist Talk - Leo du Feu
Date: Wednesday 17 June 2026, 6:30 - 7:30pm.
Location: Gallery
Free, booking essential
Come along for an hour of informal friendly chat, about Leo's life as an artist so far. Hear how art was there from the start, about his extremely creative upbringing in Linlithgow, attending both Low Port Primary and Linlithgow Academy. Hear about Leo's training at Edinburgh College of Art, then the past twenty years of life as a professional artist ("How can it be twenty years already!"). Hear about the highs and the lows, about parenthood, about breakdown, and about recovering brilliantly.
"It's about my coming home, to myself, to my art. It's about how my art has evolved and expanded through it all. Come hear, and see for yourself, what my biggest ever solo show, 'Homecoming', is all about. I look forward to seeing you!" - Leo du Feu
To book please email your name, contact email, phone number and number of guests to: burgh.halls@westlothian.gov.uk (opens new window)
