MEET THE ARTIST & SEE PAINTINGS IN PERSON:
It's been a super busy year and I apologize for this page, and the shop, not keeping up with my activities! Here is the latest activity--plus you can follow my Instagram and Facebook to watch work in progress.
CURRENT & UPCOMING EVENTS & JURIED SHOWS
11th Annual Albert Fendig - Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation PLEIN AIR PAINT OUT - Saturday 5/25 only, you can watch me working live onsite and purchase newly created art. Follow my social media to see where I'm set up and watch work in progress.
MINIATURE MARVELS- St Augustine Art Association, 22 Marine St, St Augustine, FL Open through 3/31/23.
MEMBER SHOW- FemArt Gallery, 476 Riverside Ave, Jacksonville FL . Open through 4/30/23
MEMBER SHOW- St Augustine Art Association, 22 Marine St, St Augustine, FL . Opening reception 4/7 eve during St. Augustine Art Walk; Open through 4/30/23.
OCEANA EXHIBIT - FemArt Gallery, 476 Riverside Ave, Jacksonville FL. Opening reception 4/1 from 6-8 pm. Open 3/25/23 through 5/20/23
7th Annual St. Augustine PLEIN AIR PAINT OUT with St. Augustine Art Association 4/26-30/23 I will aim to paint every day in the ancient city--you can watch and buy my art from STAAA's wet room! Check my social media to see where I'm set up and see work in progress.
12th Annual "A Brush With Nature" PLEIN AIR PAINT OUT with First Coast Plein Air Painters in support of Jacksonville Arboretum & Botanical Gardens, 5/13-14 - new arboretum paintings available onsite
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Florida - PROPERTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE
Visitors to this public service office are able to enjoy viewing 5 of my limited edition prints on permanent display. You can order your own copies (unframed) from this website.
HISTORIC PORTRAIT GALLERY at Susannah's Watch Bed & Breakfast, Mechanicsville, MD
The first 6 historic portraits of colonial ancestry behind the Susannah's Watch property were unveiled for viewing in fall 2020. Painted after colonial portraitist works, some no longer extant, giclée reproductions of these commission pieces may be custom ordered through the Inn or from the artist directly. Portraits include the prominent Henry and Eleanor Darnall the first, grandchildren Henry and Eleanor the second, Governor Richard Bennett of Virginia, and Jane Bowles Wormeley.
The Susannah's Watch collection also includes several other impressionist works you may order as Limited Edition prints. CONTACT the Inn for touring - https://susannahswatch.com/
FOLLOW THE ARTIST'S WORK IN PROGRESS:
PLEIN-AIR & STUDIO PAINTING
During fine days you may find me painting in the countryside around St. Augustine, World Golf Village and elsewhere on the First Coast. Spectators are welcome to watch me work en plein air.
Check my Instagram @leigh_slayden or Facebook/LASlayden to learn where I am, outdoors or in studio, and watch the work come together--you can even ask to purchase before someone else does! Many paintings never make it into the web store before they are purchased by avid followers while they are still wet.
EVENTS & JURIED SHOWS - RECENT PAST
WINTER 2023
MIX IT UP - St Augustine Art Association, St Augustine, FL
FACES & FIGURES- St Augustine Art Association
FROM RIVER TO OCEAN - First Coast Plein Air Painters at St John's County Administration building.
HAIR -FemArt Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
WEKIVA PAINT OUT - QUICK DRAW - Wekiva Island, Longwood, FL
FALL 2022
ART FROM THE HEART-FemArt Gallery hosted at Adele Grage Cultural Center, Atlantic Beach, FL
FANTASTIC FLORIDA - St Augustine Art Association, St Augustine, FL
TACTILE ART SHOW--St Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
WHAT LIES BENEATH-FemArt Gallery hosted at Jewish Community Alliance, Jacksonville, FL
MEMBERS SHOW--St Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
THE ARTIST'S INTERNAL JOURNEY- FemArt Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
I AM ME - FemArt Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
SUMMER 2022
BRUSHSTROKES OF LIGHT - First Coast Plein Air Painters, Green Cove Springs, FL
MEMBER SHOW - FemArt Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
SPRING 2022
ST AUGUSTINE PAINT-OUT & PLEIN AIR SHOW- St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
HERE & THERE - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
TRANSFORMATIONS -Word Revolt Gallery, Atlantic Beach, FL
BRUSHSTROKES OF LIGHT - First Coast Plein Air Painters, Green Cove Springs, FL
MARVELOUS MINIATURES - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
WINTER 2022
SOLO SHOW - Adele Arts & Cultural Center, Atlantic Beach, FL
FACES & FIGURES - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
"SKETCHY" -DRAWINGS - Word Revolt Gallery, Atlantic Beach, FL
MONOCHROME EXHIBITION - St Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
THE SKY'S THE LIMIT - UNF Women's Studies & Femart Gallery femartgallery.org
FALL 2021
LIGHTNER AFTER HOURS HOLIDAY MARKET - The Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, FL
THE SKY'S THE LIMIT - UNF Women's Studies & Femart Gallery femartgallery.org
FLORIDA WILD EXHIBITION--St Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
MEMBERS SHOW--St Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
SUMMER 2021
THE SKY CATCHERS ART EXHIBIT - LIVE. Bragg Avionics, Jacksonville FL & online www.femartgallery.org
SOLO SHOW - Adele Grage Arts & Cultural Center
SPRING 2021
GREAT OUTDOORS EXHIBITION --St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
PLEIN AIR SHOW--St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
SUSTAINABLE EARTH--Word Revolt Art Gallery, Atlantic Beach, FL
MEMBERS SHOW - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
VIVID WOMEN--A Virtual Art Exhibition Celebrating Artist Yayoi Kusama's 92nd Birthday --FemartGallery.org
WINTER 2021
FACES & FIGURES - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
FALL 2020
FANTASTIC FLORIDA -- St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL (through December 2020)
(HER)ITAGE - FemArt Gallery, Jacksonville FL (through December 2020)
THIS IS MY WORLD - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
MEMBERS SHOW - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
WHERE THE WILD WOMEN GO - FemartGallery.org
AUGUST 2020
AUDIO-VISUAL show-- Word Revolt Gallery, Atlantic Beach, FL
WHERE THE WILD WOMEN GO - FemartGallery.org
SUMMER 2020
ARBORETUM show - Word Revolt Gallery, Atlantic Beach, FL
PLEIN AIR ON THE PORCH - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
WHERE THE WILD WOMEN GO - FemartGallery.org
SOAK UP THE SUMMER -St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
SPRING 2020
MEMBERS SHOW - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
MARVELOUS MINIATURES SHOW - St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL
FABULOUS FAUNA - Word Revolt Art Gallery, Atlantic Beach, FL
WINTER 2020
HUMANLY POSSIBLE - St. Augustine Art Association, St. Augustine, FL
WOMEN WHO FACE IT - Femart Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
FAR FROM HOME - Word Revolt Gallery, Atlantic Beach, FL
FALL 2019
18th ANNUAL TACTILE ART SHOW- St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
MEMBERS SHOW - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
LIGHTNER AFTER HOURS HOLIDAY MARKET - The Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, FL
HOLIDAY ART FAIR- The Union Studios & Art Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
SPRING 2019
3rd ANNUAL PLEIN AIR SHOW - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
MEMBER SHOW - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
WINTER 2019
SARASOTA WINTER FINE ART FESTIVALl -Sarasota, FL
OUR HUMAN CONDITION: FIGURES & PORTRAITS - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
BLACK & WHITE & SHADES OF GREY - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
FALL 2018
MEMBER SHOW - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
17th ANNUAL TACTILE ART SHOW - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
53rd ANNUAL ST. AUGUSTINE ART & CRAFT SHOWl, St. Augustine, FL
FANTASTIC FLORIDA - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
SUMMER 2018
9h ANNUAL NATIONAL NATURE & WILDLIFE SHOW - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
SPRING 2018
MEMBER SHOW - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
2rd ANNUAL PLEIN AIR SHOW - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
FALL 2017
MEMBER SHOW - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
SPRING 2017
1st ANNUAL PLEIN AIR SHOW - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
MEMBER SHOW - St. Augustine Art Association Gallery, St. Augustine, FL