About Kirsty O'Leary-Leeson

I originally trained as an illustrator and worked in publishing, however in 2009 after having spent some time raising more children than is really sensible, I decided to escape from the Playground Mafia and I returned to Art college to study Fine Art. I graduated with a First Class degree from Norwich University of Arts. Since then I have exhibited widely in my home county of Norfolk, as well as in London and across the UK. I have work in both private and public collections here, in the US and the Middle East. My artwork is now far better travelled than I am. I was a runner up in the Saatchi Drawing Showdown and appeared in BBC2's Show Me The Monet. I have a body of work that is based around contemporary drawing, and with the support of the group Contemporary British Painting, which I am a member of, some of these piece have been placed in public collections around the world;  I have also recently returned to more traditional landscape oil paintings, rediscovering the joy of colour. 
I can also be commissioned to draw and painting portraits, both human and even more popular - animals, if you would like to commission a portrait please visit my website to see examples and pricing.