I’m an award winning artist trained in Fine Art and a certified Gare Ceramic instructor as well as an avid paper artist, jewelry designer and an altered artist of anything I can get my hands on.

 I’m an animal person, especially cats!  I specialize in painting life-like and fantasy ceramic cats, dogs and lots of other animals too.  I enjoy oil painting, drawing, photography and digital painting too. I particularly love doing animal portraits.

I haven been involved in the world of Rubber Stamping for well over 10 years and in 2002 I found my passion for Altered Game Piece Art.  I pioneered the technique of using Sharpie markers to create vibrant miniature works of art on game tiles and earned my nickname ‘The Sharpie Domino Queen’ on my Yahoo group DominoART.

I work out of my studio in sunny San Diego where I live with my hubby and furbabies!  I have a mixed breed kitty and a Boston Terrier.  Both are girls so my hubby feels outnumbered.

My creations and articles have been featured in Somerset Studio, Stampers' Sampler, The Rubber Stamper and Belle Armoire Jewelry magazines, as well as online.  Artwork & Article publications include: “The Sharpie Domino Queen” - Somerset Studio - July/August 2003; “Enveloping Art” - Stamper’s Sampler - Feb/March 2005; “Dominaeries - Domino Faerie Pins” - Belle Armoire Jewelry - Spring 2008.

I keep very busy serving on some awesome Design Teams and I’m currently designing for Third Coast Rubber Stamps, Blockheads Paper Arts and About Art Accents. 

Some of you probably know me from my monthly e-zine, ‘Leigh’s Altered World of Game Pieces’, which used to live at The Stamper’s Mall a few years ago until the Mall sadly closed down. I’m also the owner of the Yahoo Groups DominoART, Find That Stamp & Co-Own Rubber Traders .