- Home
- …
- Art on Crossrail
- Construction Artwork from Artist...
Construction Artwork from Artist in Residence

As part of efforts to embed arts, culture and creativity within the Crossrail project, Crossrail Ltd appointed Julie Leonard as its first Artist-in-Residence. Throughout 2014 and 2015, Leonard created a pictorial diary of Crossrail, capturing many of the wide-ranging personalities and construction scenes across Europe’s largest infrastructure project.
Leonard, a London-based painter, printmaker and ‘digital artist’, used an app on her smart phone to create digital and animated drawings. Working in and around the construction sites, she provided a narrative of the project, incorporating anecdotes from the workforce and communities living and working along the route.
Julie Leonard captured scenes of everyday situations, telling the story about the people, the spaces and the works going on behind the Crossrail hoardings.
“There is a great buzz everywhere with real enthusiasm for the project and an incredible camaraderie that seems to unify staff.” - Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence
Gallery
-
Artist in residence digital drawing - 145585
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Stepney Green - 145989
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: TBM at Stepney Green - 145988
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Spray Concrete at TCR - 161471
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing: Paddington box - 145584
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Open House at Moorgate Shaft - 161629
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Liverpool Street sketches - 151410
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Liverpool Street sketches - 151409
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Liverpool Street sketches - 151408
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Crossrail engineer at Farringdon - 126870
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Bond Street - Davies Street - 126874
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing - 163351
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Farringdon Breakthrough - 200839
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Farringdon Breakthrough - 200838
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Tottenham Court Road Tunnel - 161472
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: View from Canary Wharf offices - 139729
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing: Paddington Site - 131330
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing: Olie - 131329
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing: Neil -131328
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing: Bond Street - 131324
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing: Ladders - 131323
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing: ladders - 131322
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing - 131318
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing -131317
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing at Bond Street
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Whitechapel station - 136365
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Farringdon Breakthrough - 200837
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Farringdon Breakthrough - 200836
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Farringdon Breakthrough - 200835
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing - 174289
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing - 174288
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing - 174287
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing - 174286
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing - 174285
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing 174284
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence digital drawing of Canary Wharf Crossrail station_136364
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Liverpool Street Archaeology
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Liverpool Street Archaeology Dig - 191592
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Liverpool Street Archaeology Dig - 191591
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Liverpool Street Archaeology Dig - 191590
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Liverpool Street Archaeology Dig - 191589
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing - 174290
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing - 174291
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Farringdon Breakthrough - 200834
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing 200833
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Farringdon Breakthrough - 200832
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Farringdon Breakthrough - 200831
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Farringdon Breakthrough - 200830
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Farringdon Boys - 161470
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing: Moorgate Shaft - 161469
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in residence drawing of TBM Ellie at Stepney Green_146470
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing - 174296
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing - 174295
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing - 174294
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing - 174293
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Digital drawing - 174292
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence -
Artist in Residence drawing of Concrete pour at Paddington Station_146469
Julie Leonard, Crossrail Artist-in-Residence
View more videos of artworks being created in our YouTube playlist here.