Leslie was born in Mississauga, Ontario and has travelled extensively, living in Africa as a child and in Albany, New York in early adulthood. She received a Ph.D. in Biopsychology in 1998 and worked for many years as a data analyst. Leslie discovered the joy of painting after the birth of her first child. She now lives in Port Credit and draws inspiration for florals and landscapes from this beautiful area on Lake Ontario. She has received training in several studios including the Spillane Studio of Fine Art. Her work has found homes in both Canada and the United States.

I work exclusively in oils because I love the way that they flow and blend on the canvas. My paintings are mostly from photographs that I have taken myself and thus they represent the things in the world that I find captivating. I hope that viewers can experience beauty and peace in my landscapes and flow and texture in my florals.