Maryland State Arts Council has awarded Lesley Giles with an INDEPENDENT ARTIST AWARD 2021
She is one of 66 awardees from a submission of 540 talented Maryland artists
Awardees will be highlighted during the Virtual arts Event at 6pm Friday April 16 www.marylandartscouncil.eventbrite.com
She is one of 66 awardees from a submission of 540 talented Maryland artists
Awardees will be highlighted during the Virtual arts Event at 6pm Friday April 16 www.marylandartscouncil.eventbrite.com
Lesley Giles is a contemporary painter from London. Her studio is on the Eastern shore near Washington DC.
Lesley paints bold, colourful images from her favourite solitary PLACES formalising the SPACE with a hint of abstraction. Lesley explores the desolate, forgotten landscapes where NATURE struggles to survive.
Lesley holds a Masters in Fine Art Painting from the Royal College of Art, London.
Lesley paints bold, colourful images from her favourite solitary PLACES formalising the SPACE with a hint of abstraction. Lesley explores the desolate, forgotten landscapes where NATURE struggles to survive.
Lesley holds a Masters in Fine Art Painting from the Royal College of Art, London.
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Acid Sky Red Machine Dungeness oil 36x48
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Dungeness. Back in Time, a Nuclear Sunset oil 30x40
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“Lesley Giles blurs the line between traditional notions of landscape and graphic arts ….. Giles’s exaggerated colors and stylized patterns
as seen in her striped skies, separate her from earlier artists”. Ryan Grover, Curator, Biggs Museum of American Art, Delaware, 2014
as seen in her striped skies, separate her from earlier artists”. Ryan Grover, Curator, Biggs Museum of American Art, Delaware, 2014
"I am fascinated by the poetic, solitary beauty of the world around us. Water, derelict huts, floating laundry, osprey. My style is formalized, I love stripes.
I work with traditional media to focus on contemporary issues like the effect that urban development can have on our landscape and how the “ordinary” prevails. Important influences are Edward Hopper and fellow alumnus David Hockney".
I work with traditional media to focus on contemporary issues like the effect that urban development can have on our landscape and how the “ordinary” prevails. Important influences are Edward Hopper and fellow alumnus David Hockney".
“... The boldness of her colour is matched by a strength of design that is all too rare in contemporary art. Here is an artist with a down-to-earth
sureness of vision that is immensely beguiling” Andrew Lambirth, Spectator Magazine, London, 2006
sureness of vision that is immensely beguiling” Andrew Lambirth, Spectator Magazine, London, 2006