The winning bidder will have a commissioned Home Mural by Leigh Pawling.

Leigh's mom noticed she was not like her two older sisters when she was a little girl because she spent most of her time in her room painting and creating.  This difference prompted enrollment in art lessons with artist and teacher Sue Hand who encouraged and mentored her to continue in art.  Leigh attended a small liberal arts college - Wittenberg University - receiving a bachelor of fine art and then proceeded to New York City where she stayed for the next four and a half years diligently studying drawing and painting from the figure at the Art Students League.  Her primary teacher at the League was well known artist and teacher Peter Cox.  In 1997 she opened her own studio near her hometown in Kingston, Pa - a 1,000 foot loft which afforded her the time and space to develop her own voice while teaching private students, doing commission work and works for galleries. Leigh is a Pennsylvania Rostered Artist and has taught painting over the last three years at Arts Alive in Scranton.  She has worked exclusively as an artist for the past 12 years showing in numerous solo and group shows.  Her works are shown at her gallery space in Kingston as well as Marquis Art and frame in Wilkes-Barre and Scranton and Kennedy Gallery, Pure Art, and Arteccentrix in Grand Cayman.

View Leigh's work at www.leighpawling.com