Lesley

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Industry	Arts
Occupation	Painterly Potter
Location	Canada
Introduction	Born in London, England Lesley immigrated to Canada in the 1950’s. She majored in textile design and ceramics at the Ontario College of Art and Design. After graduation she taught for 2 years in the OCAD ceramics department. For the past 45 years she has created, sold and exhibited stoneware, porcelain and lastly colourful painterly maiolica pottery in western Canada, returning to Ontario in the fall of 2006. In April 2012 she retired from pottery and began painting gardens near the shores of Lake Erie and the landscape of the surrounding countryside. In the summer of 2017 St. Nick and Lesley moved closer to Toronto. Lesley is currently seeking new vistas to paint along the shores of Lake Ontario. Lesley and St. Nick spend part of every year in the Peloponnese in southern Greece. Lesley paints, Nick putters in the garden and catches up with old friends and family.
Interests	reading mystery books; crossword and jigsaw puzzles;gardening;anything environmental; hiking; biking;dog walking; cooking
Favorite Movies	Cinema Paradiso
Favorite Books	Three Day Road by Joseph Boyden; The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot, Half Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan, Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese