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? 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.

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

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.