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An Evening with Leslie Jeffery
Written By: Zach Claxton - Highlands-Cashiers Art League | Issue: 2016/06 - June
June’s meeting of the Art League of Highlands-Cashiers will be held Monday, June 27, in the Atrium at The Bascom. Social time begins at 4:30 P.M., with the meeting starting at 5:00 P.M. This month’s presenter will be Leslie Jeffery, who splits her time between Highlands and Largo, Florida, painting in both locations. Ms. Jeffery received a degree in Art Education and Constructive Design from Florida State University. She briefly taught junior high school and then had a successful career in real estate, heading her own firm before becoming a full-time artist.
For a long time, her inspiration came from her surroundings in Largo and Highlands– sailboats to bears, trawlers to cabins, waterfalls to sunsets, but over time her work has evolved to a looser, more expressionistic style, and she now considers herself to be an abstract painter. Her work features light and heavy texture, marks of all kinds, deep colors, patterned backgrounds, and drips using various mediums. They convey energy, sometimes lyrical, sometimes frenetic, expressing moods from lighthearted to serious.
Ms. Jeffrey is a past president of Las Damas de Arte, a group of women artists based in Tampa, Florida, who raise money for art scholarships, and is a Signature Member in the International Society of Acrylic Painters. She recently became a member of FLAG, the Florida Artists Group, and she is also a member of several other art organizations in Florida and North Carolina, including the Art League of Highlands-Cashiers and the Macon County Art Association. Her work is frequently on exhibit at several locations in both Florida and Western North Carolina. Examples of her work may be found at artworklesliejeffery.com.
This presentation is free and open to the public, and offers an excellent opportunity to meet and hear a very talented artist. For more information about the Art League, please visit its website atartleaguehighlands-cashiers.com.
