Lesley Shelley is a professional artist working mainly in oils, and currently resides on Bribie Island, north of Brisbane.
Lesley gained an Associate Diploma of Visual Art from Brisbane College of Advanced Education, where she studied under well known artists, William Robinson, Ian Smith and Joe Furlonger.
She then went on to gain a Bachelor of Art (Fine Art), from Queensland University of Technology.
She has always had a keen interest in portraiture, and was awarded a grant from Arts Queensland to attend a ‘Masterclass’ with acclaimed portrait painter, Robert Hannaford, at the Adelaide School of Arts.
Lesley has been exhibiting since 1991 in Regional and Commercial Galleries from Melbourne to Cairns. Over this time, she has won a multitude of prizes, and has been a finalist numerous times in prestigious National Art Competitions.
The ‘portrait specific’ national competitions include Xstrata Percival Portrait Prize, Portia Geach Memorial Award, and Alice Bale Portrait Award.
Her commissions include sport stars, Brad Bevan and Julie Majer, for the Cairns Post Hall of Fame, and many other portraits in Corporate and Private Art Collections.
Lesley has taught drawing and painting for TAFE in Cairns, and Pine Rivers, north of Brisbane.
Lesley is represented in the following collections:
Moreton Bar Regional Galleries
Tewantin Shire Council
Queensland Theatre Company
Jardine Shipping
Cairns City Council
Cairns Post Hall of Fame
Central Queensland Mining