Leslie Watts

Leslie Watts is a Canadian portrait painter. Her work has been selected for the Kingston Prize in Canada and the BP Portrait Award and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in London, UK. Recent commissions include The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, while Minister of Foreign Affairs; Roy Romanow, Chancellor, University of Saskatchewan; Shelagh Rogers, Chancellor, University of Victoria; and The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.

You can watch a documentary about Leslie's work here:
http://vimeo.com/118464839

Honours BA, Psychology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2023 "The Kingston Prize 2023." Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, ON

2019 "The Kingston Prize 2019." Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, ON

2019 "The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition." Mall Galleries, London, UK (by invitation)

2018 "Oil Paintings." Village Studios, Stratford, Ontario

2017 "The Kingston Prize 2017." Firehall Theatre, Gananoque, ON; Peel Regional Art Gallery, Brampton, ON

2017 "Women in Art." Burgh House, Hampstead, UK

2017 "Balloon Dreams." Village Studios, Stratford, Ontario

2017 "The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition." Mall Galleries, London, UK

2016 "Natural History." Village Studios, Stratford, Ontario​

2015-2016 "The Kingston Prize 2015." Gananoque, ON; Fredericton, NB; Drummondville, QC

2015-2016 "BP Portrait Award 2015." National Portrait Gallery, London, England

2015 "Village Studios: Small Works; New Paintings and Drawings by Matthew Tarini and Leslie Watts." Village Studios, Stratford, Ontario

2015 "Pigs in Museums." Village Studios, Stratford, Ontario

2014 - 2015 "BP Portrait Award 2014." National Portrait Gallery, London, England; Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, UK; National Portrait Gallery of Scotland; Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales

2014 "Flora & Fauna." ...