Lesley Dabson

Lesley always loved to draw and was awarded the school’s art prize in her final year at Solihull School. She gained an Honours degree in Graphic Design at Coventry University in the early 1980’s, after which she took portrait commissions.

 

After taking a break to raise her family Lesley returned to Fine Art, and took a course in oil painting in London in 2008. To paint in oils has been a life long desire and so it was a thrill to finally start. In 2009 and 2010 Lesley has also been studying at both the Shoreditch and Kensington Palace studios of the Princes Drawing School, London. She has been tutored by artists Susan Wilson and Mark Cazalet in ‘The Body Clothed’ and ‘Life Drawing’.

 

Lesley enjoys exploring different areas in her work, land and seascapes, still life and figure work, mainly in oil or chalk pastel. Her favourite subjects are water, boats and figures and her style is predominantly representational. In July 2009 Lesley was awarded the Terry Biggs Cup for the work judged to be the best in Show at the St Albans Art Society Annual Summer Exhibition. Lesley’s work has been included in the 2009 Chelsea Open Exhibition and the Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Open Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London.