HI, I’M LESLIE.

I’ve always been a maker. I started as a crafter and painter, but over the years my creative practice kept expanding beyond the canvas into murals, installations, festivals and events, fabrication, art direction, and eventually the large-scale experiences I create today.

A lot of that evolution happened organically. I would dream up an idea, then figure out how to build it. One project led to another, the scale got bigger, and eventually I found myself not only making the work, but designing worlds, leading creative teams, coordinating artists and fabricators, and carrying projects from an initial sketch all the way through installation.

For more than a decade, music festivals have been an especially important part of that journey. They gave me a place to experiment with immersive art, curation, live painting, scenic design, and collaborative experiences, and taught me how powerful art can be when it becomes part of a shared experience.

That same inspiration carries into my public and community work. I love creating things that invite people in, whether that means walking through an installation, contributing to a mural, discovering something unexpected in a festival landscape, or simply having a deeper conversation. My hope is to help people discover the healing properties of art, from the inside out.