"Inspired at an early age by an artist grandfather to paint only from life, I am drawn to plain-air painting.  I try to capture the essence of that moment, being out there in the fresh air, in all weather, trying to translate feelings and impressions onto the canvas.  I am drawn more to the intimate landscape.  I must paint.  I hope my work brings as much joy to those who view it as it does to me in creating it."

Leslie's awards are as impressive as hew work.
2003 1st place Oil, 43rd Annual Alpine Artists Holiday, Ouray, CO 2002 Monteverde Memorial Fund "Best Impressionistic Painting"  Award, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, MO.  2001 3rd Place Oil, Littleton Fine Arts Exhibition, Littleton, CO.