Lesley is a self taught mixed media, collage, assemblage artist who lives in Roanoke, Virginia with her art husband and their family of fur babies. She has traveled across many states, near and far, to attend and teach at art retreats including Art Is You, Art & Soul, Artiscape, Lemoncholy’s Studio, Art Bliss and Paper Cowgirl’s Wicked Tea. During down time you can find Lesley busy in her studio creating art, blogging or working with her online class site at “The Art of Altering”. Her artwork has been published in the Artitude Zine, Somerset Gallery 2008, Somerset Weddings 4 and Sew Somerset.
I love sharing creative techniques in my classes and having wonderful artistic interactions with those that join me there. There is a pure joy in seeing those “aha” moments and in watching someone touch a very tangible creation which just hours before had been an imagined piece.