About Me
Leslie studied academic drawing and painting under Ted Seth Jacobs at his school Ecole Albert DeFois in Central France. Other instructors who have influenced Leslie are Andrew Ameral, founder of The Golden Gate Atelier, Anthony Ryder of The Ryder School in Santa Fe and Jacob Collins, founder of The Grand Central Academy in NYC. Leslie has received numerous awards for her pastel drawings and her work is in both private and public collections. She exhibited in a solo exhibit at the Governor’s Gallery at the Oklahoma Capitol, Oklahoma City, OK and was invited twice to show at the American Art in Miniature Show at the Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, OK. Leslie has been teaching drawing and painting for over 25 years and is the founder of The Oklahoma Academy of Classical Art, a private studio school in Edmond, OK where she taught drawing and painting in the classical tradition to both children and adults.
Leslie and her son, Seth Capshaw, invented two innovative, patent pending tools that prove to remedy many of the obstacles artists encounter. She developed The View Frame and shortly after, developed the Miira mobile app for iPhone. She, with the help of her son, Seth Capshaw founded Miira Artist Tools in 2012.
Leslie and her son, Seth Capshaw, invented two innovative, patent pending tools that prove to remedy many of the obstacles artists encounter. She developed The View Frame and shortly after, developed the Miira mobile app for iPhone. She, with the help of her son, Seth Capshaw founded Miira Artist Tools in 2012.