Lesley Anne Whitham graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Scotland in 1982 after which she moved to Western Australia in 1992. Lesley exhibited work in several galleries around Western Australia and was the recipient of several Art Awards including Tressillian Art Award, Drawing Prize and City of Wanneroo Craft Award, Creative Works with Paper.
Lesley is currently working from her studio in the beachfront suburb of Quinns Rocks, Western Australia and has current works for sale. Lesley also works to commission and teaches art classes locally. She has in the past produced commissioned artworks for for the Sheraton Hotel - Sculpture Commission.
Education
1978 - 1982
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art - Dundee, Scotland UK
Diploma in Fine Art – Drawing / Painting / Sculpture
Landscape Painting – College Scholarship
Landscape Painting Scholarship – Department of Education
Employment
2014 Frendz Gallery – Children's Drawing Classes
2013 Gumblossom Community Centre – Children's Drawing Classes
2011 Warwick Senior High School – Craft Workshops
1994 Metropolitan TAFE Perth – Tutor, Drawing and 2D Studies
1993 Community Based Art Classes in Drawing, Watercolour and Papier Mache
1993 Albany Summer School - Papier Mache Workshops
1992 Studio Tenancy Tressilian Community Centre, Perth WA
1990 Self Employed Artist and Designer, Scotland UK
1982 Art and Craft Instructor Strathmartine Hospital, Dundee, Scotland UK
Commissioned works
1997 Sculpture Commissions for the Sheraton Hotel – Perth WA
2013 Brushwork for ceiling Silks Restaurant
Lesley's past solo exhibition at New Collectables Gallery
