Leigh lives in Stanwood, Washington, where the Stiliguamish valley meets the Skagit valley meets the San Juan Islands.  She also spends time in the mountains in Central Washington.  These places--one lush where flat, dike-crossed farmland meets the ocean and mountains; the other dry and open--provide endlessly fascinating and diverse material for image-making.  She paints in oil, mostly in a studio, from photos, studies and sketches she creates on site.   Before creating a painting from an image or set of images, she spends time uncovering its story.

 "Unless I know why I am drawn to a scene I don't do my best work.  But, if I sit an image for a while its story reveals itself.  There's what you see, and the bigger world that is below the surface, like an iceberg.  That's the story I'm looking for.  Technique and composition is important, of course, but without the story, a painting is just a picture."

Leigh curated her own art education, studying at Cornish College for the Arts, Gage Academy, and individually under multiple west coast artists she seeks out because she admires their work.   She is also an alumni of the Collymore atelier program.  She believes that continuous exposure to other artist's work and techniques keeps her own work fresh.

• Gallery at the Park Art in the Park Festival, 2024
• Edmonds Arts Festival Gallery, Frances Anderson Center, 2024, 2025, 2025
• Fresh Paint"  Scottsdale Artists' School 2021, 23 and 25 Benefit Auction Show and Exhibit
• The Healing Garden - Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA 2023
• Pacific Art League Exhibit - Palo Alto, CA, 2022
• Inside, Outside, Undersea - Space Gallery, Seattle, 2022
• Something in the Wind  - Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA, 2021