Over the thirty-five plus years that Lesley has lived there, she’s carefully restored the home and created a beautiful garden that she now tends with her partner Rob. The garden is resplendent with fruit trees, native plants and hardy cottage-garden plants growing side-byside, winding around and down to her purpose-built, rammed-earth studio at the back of the property.
Inside, the studio is unmistakably an artist’s domain. The space is full of Lesley’s original artworks, found objects, ephemera, brushes, and a work-in-progress. With a small kitchen, large work table and potbelly stove, it’s a comforting and inspiring space for Lesley to paint and teach in.
Born in London, Lesley moved to South Australia in the late 1960s and later began her painting career at the South Australian School of Art. After…
