Maryland State Arts Council awarded Lesley Giles an INDEPENDENT ARTIST AWARD 2021
Lesley Giles is a contemporary painter from London.
She moved to Florida in 2003 but now 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.
Recent series include Maine, Chesapeake, Florida & the South.
Lesley holds a Masters in Fine Art Painting from the Royal College of Art, London.
She moved to Florida in 2003 but now 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.
Recent series include Maine, Chesapeake, Florida & the South.
Lesley holds a Masters in Fine Art Painting from the Royal College of Art, London.
Red Machine Dungeness oil 36x48
Maine, Rockland Schooner oil 30x40
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Back in Time, Dungeness oil 30x40
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OBX, Drowning in Blue oil 24x30
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In the Woods oil 24x30
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Manhattan from Hastings-on-Hudson oil 30x40
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Sally's Scarves oil 24x24
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Confucius Temple Beijing watercolour & ink 14x11
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FACES
Laurie Anderson acrylic 12x12
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Daytona Speedway oil 40x30
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“Lesley Giles blurs the line between traditional notions of landscape and graphic arts. Her 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
“... 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
with a down-to-earth sureness of vision that is immensely beguiling”
Andrew Lambirth, Spectator Magazine, London, 2006
"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".
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".
Painting a Commission for Blackwater Bakery Cambridge Maryland