Leigh mulley biography for kids pictures

She paints on canvas and does enormous wall murals and all her paintings are incredibly realistic. She has a passion for seagulls. Hey Leigh, y our paintings represent the glorious colour and disappointment of the British seaside, why did you decide to start painting it?

Leigh mulley biography for kids pictures: Based on her love of

Growing up in Kent meant lots of visits to its coastal towns, and having Londoner parents pretty much guaranteed family trips to Margate and Ramsgate. I think a quiet infatuation bubbled away without my knowledge. When I began painting full time I was conscious that I hankered after the imagery, but spent a number of years trying to work out why.

As a kid you are enchanted by the sights, smells and sounds — rich, brash colour, waves of light bulbs, candy floss, chips, gulls, 8-bit melodies and dropping coins. Of course if you look closely a lot of the bulbs are missing, the paintwork is tired and chipped, the arcade carpet is full of gum. You are being sold a lie. A beautiful lie.

A soft, old, friendly, seaside, honest lie — and you love it.