Lesley Giles was born in Bristol.  She has been a professional artist since 1980 when she graduated from the Royal College of Art  and the  Goldsmiths College.  

Lesley Giles work depicts the beautifully coloured  solitary landscapes of mountain, coast and desert.  The light is always dramatic and there will usually be a lone hut, lighthouse or flag to bring us in the picture.

“I first saw Lesley Gile's  work in an exhibition at the Barbican Centre, London in 1991 and wrote about it in The London Sunday Times.   I have followed her career since with keen interest and growing admiration. 

The boldness of her colour is matched by a strength of design that is all too rare in contemporary art.  Here is an artist with a down-to-earth sureness of vision that is immensely beguiling”    Andrew Lambirth, London Art Critic & Curator, 2005

Biography
Visiting Artist Ormond Memorial Art Museum, Florida 2005
Florida studio established 2004
Galleries Magazine London, Freelance Production & Reviews 1999-03
Tournament Artist Ladies European Golf Tour 1999
Artist-in-Residence Kensington & Chelsea College, London 1998-99    
Visiting Painter Xinjiang Art College, Urumqi, China 1996
Production Coordinator Royal College of Art, School of Animation, 1995-96
Royal College of Art (MA Fine Art) 1977-80    
Goldsmiths College of Art (BA Fine Art) 1972-76    

Selected Group Exhibitions
A Sense of Place Ashcroft Modern Art Cirencester 2006
NASCAR Inspired Hickory Museum of Art Charlotte North Carolina
Florida Gallery Jeanette Ormond Beach Florida
Tides & Tropics LoPressionism Gallery Melbourne Florida
The Chilterns Obsidian Art Gallery Stoke Mandeville Buckinghamshire
Art Basel Miami Beach Postcards - Masters Mystery Art Show 2005
The Postcard Show Surface Gallery Nottingham
Landscapes Lemon Street Gallery Truro Cornwall
British Landscapes The Art House Westbourne Hampshire
Great Outdoors Gallery 402 New York City
Landscapes Karen Taylor Contemporary Art Gallery London
In Light of Monet Alla Prima Fine Art St Petersburg Florida
Florida Icons, US1 Ormond Memorial Art Museum, Florida
Church Street Gallery of Contemporary Art Orlando Florida 2004
London Landscape West Wine Gallery Chelsea London 2003 
Summer Show Fisherton Mill Salisbury
The Big Blue Artclimbers Manningtree Essex 2002
The City Whitechapel Contemporary London 2001
Cityscapes London Chamber of Commerce
A River Runs Through It Orleans House Gallery London
Kew Bridge Arts Kew Steam Museum London
A View from the City Workplace Art The Old Mint London, 2000
Indigo Arts Whiteleys London
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2000 Cheltenham Hull & Switzerland
New British Art & Design Candid Arts Centre London
Summer in the City Workplace Art London 1999
Two Women Paint Bartley Drey Gallery London
Images of Istanbul Candid Arts London 1998
A Celebration of the Sea Fisherton Mill Salisbury
Life Forms London Art House Coningsby Gallery London, 1997
New Visions Beatrice Royal Southampton
Singer Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition London
Eastern Europe Gagliardi Gallery London 1993
Nuclear Landscapes Coventry Gallery London
The Subjective City (touring) Barbican Centre London 1990/91

Recent Solo Exhibitions
Glimpses Over Water Skylark Studios Gallery Wisbech Cambridge 2006
Paintings of Norfolk Coach House Gallery Burnham, Norfolk, 2001
Paysages de France Novotel London, 2000
Strange Places, Beach & Golf Course Coach House Gallery Burnham Norfolk
Golf, the Sea & the Orient Cobden Club London
Une Nouvelle Dimension dans L’Art du Golf Apremont Golf Club Paris, 1999
The Light of Xinjiang Urumqi PR of China, 1996
Deserted Landscapes Barbican Centre London, 1994
Dungeness Paintings Rye Art Gallery Sussex, 1992
London Landscapes Gunnersbury Park Museum London   

Work in Public Collections
ICI Homes Headquarters Daytona Beach
Landmark Business Centre Royal Mint                                   Xinjiang Art College Urumqi PR China
Gunnersbury Park Museum London                                                            Camden Council London
Apremont Golf Club Paris                                                                        Royal College of Art London
   
Publications and Reviews
“Florida Icons: US1” Jeanne Dowis of Atlantic Center for the Arts at Harris House 2005
“Travelling For Inspiration” Artist & Illustrators Magazine February 2002
Watercolour Masterclass by Laurence Wood (pub: Harper-Collins) 1993
“Art For Sale” The Guardian
British Contemporary Art by Vanessa Finn (pub: Gagliardi Ltd)
“Art Means Business” Wendy Richmond Ealing & Acton Gazette 1992
“Confusing Signs of our Times” Andrew Lambirth The Sunday Times 1991
The Challenge of Landscape by Ian Simpson (pub: Harper-Collins) 1990