Lesley was born in Glasgow in
1959, and attended Exeter College of Art where she obtained a
BA(hons) in painting. After living in the south for many years,
she returned back to Scotland where she set up home in the glorious
Scottish Borders where she has lived since. For many years now
she has scoured the Borders countryside, never tiring of recording
the sights through sketching. Returning to the studio, she translates
memories and drawings into finished works on canvas, often allowing
the more dramatic elements of a scene to develop through the language
of paint; the final painting often feeling like the end of a little
journey. Lesley describes every painting as "the creation
of an exciting new world - one which journeys on from reality"
Lesley has exhibited extensively throughout Scotland for many
years, and her paintings have enjoyed success home and abroad.
Born Glasgow 1959
Education
1977-82 Exeter
College of Art and Design BA(Hons) Painting
1990-95 Archealogical Illustrator,
Children's Book Illustrator
Exhibitions
1984 Spacex Gallery
Exeter
1990 Chambers Institute Peebles
1994 Carlisle Open
1994-96 Broughton House Gallery Broughton
1995-99 Hanover fine Art Edinburgh
Leith Gallery Edinburgh
Kirkhouse Gallery Traquair
Queens Hall Edinburgh
Westgate Gallery North Berwick
Stable Gallery Yetholm
Pavillion Gallery Melrose
Blackwood Gallery Hawick
Reiver Gallery Galashiels
2000-The present
Flat Cat Gallery Lauder
Ruby Orange Biggar
Green Gallery Aberfoyle
118 Edinburgh
Di Rollos Edinburgh
Strathearn Gallery Crieff
Greens & Blues North Berwick
Panik Gallery Killearn
Christos Gallery Glasgow
Just Scottish Edinburgh
Jerdan Gallery Crail
Morningside Gallery Edinburgh
Santa Ana California
West End Gallery Perth
McHardys Gallery Peebles
London Hammersmith Clarion Gallery
Dunkeld Atholl Gallery
