Leslie Barnwell is an artist living in the Kispiox Valley in Northwest British Columbia. She is both skillful and innovative in her use of colour, materials and ideas, using various techniques and styles. Leslie's paintings demonstrate her fascination with colour, pattern and form.

Her work also shows a deep concern for people, social issues and our place in the natural world. She has mounted more than 35 individual exhibitions, and many group and juried exhibitions. Her works hang in Canada and abroad in public and private collections.

Paintings in Public Collections include:
Portrait - Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario
Big Autumn - Department of Microbiology, U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C.

Private collectors include:
Harvey Just
Maureen Forrester
David Suzuki