Lesley was always a creative kid and both of her grandmothers were hobby oil painters, but it wasn't until she was in college that she really discovered her love for painting. Every painting begins outside. Not plain air, but with her experiences in the fresh air. It is these moments that capture her heart and her imagination and move her to put paint on canvas. Lesley describes her artwork as atmospheric, mysterious, peaceful, organic, tranquil. Though grounded in nature's capes, her work is more about the feeling of a place than the place itself. Memory and perception of the place play a large role in her work, as everything she paints is based on the way her mind recalls and how that comes out on the surface in the paint.