Leslie Watkins
Leslie Watkins is an artist descendant of the Old Lyme Art Colony, considered the bedrock of American Impressionist landscape painting, represented by luminaries such as Child Hassam, William Metcalf and Frank Vincent DuMond. At the Art Students League of New York, DuMond taught Georgia O’Keeffe, John Marin, Norman Rockwell, and Frank Mason. After DuMond’s death, Mason taught at the League, where Watkins studied with him. Watkins continues in this cherished tradition. Watkins has exhibited at The National Arts Club, The Salmagundi Club, The Union League Club, The Hudson Valley Art Association, The Brooklyn Botanical Gardens and elsewhere, including Japan. Leslie's illustrations have been published internationally on postage stamps, book covers, and in magazines. She offers art classes and workshops on using the Prismatic Palette, plein air landscape painting in oils, and botanical watercolor painting throughout New England, including the Lyme Art Association, Washington Art Association, and historic parks and gardens.