Art has always been my passion. I have, since I was a child, painted wherever I have lived. Whether teaching in London UK, Honeydew South Africa, Surrey BC and later working as a Realtor in West Vancouver BC Canada.

1996 saw an early midlife crisis for my husband and I which involved back packing in Asia, driving a motorhome around Australia and living in Positano Italy for a year...... painting wherever I could.

The Millenium saw my husband and I relocating to a beach front home we bought in Nassau,  Bahamas . Here I had my first Art Studio and began to sell my Art work.

My painting style has been strongly influenced by my years spent in the sunshine of the Bahamas with it’s intense light, it’s cerulean blue sea  and it’s white sandy beaches. Plus the magnificent colors of Bougainvillea in full bloom, Hibiscus from the palest hue to knockout reds and purples.

It was this laid back island way of life in the Bahamas which gave me the emotional freedom to use Art as a focus and passion in life.

Now back in Ambleside, West Vancouver, BC, I relax, paint and sell my Art work from my studio ‘raven galerie’ and the NSAC or Art in the Garden annual events.

My Art - watercolor, oil, acrylic and palette knife works are in homes in Australia, Italy, Mallorca, Germany, United Kingdom, Bahamas, USA California, and in BC, Pender Island ,Victoria and Vancouver, BC.

To Purchase contact:  Lesley Hobbs 778 834 4449

or make a private  visit to my studio ‘raven galerie’ at 955 - 20th St......(the lane), West Vancouver,

V7V 3Z2

Email: lesleyhobbs41@gmail.com