exhibitions, collections, awards
Today Leslie Ann’s portraits, abstracts and figurative work are found in public, corporate and private collections across the U.S., Europe, Scandinavia and Asia. Over the years Leslie Ann has won awards in national and international competitions. She was selected by Forbes Magazine as one of the top pet portrait artists in the country. One of her paintings, “A Thousand Indecisions,” hangs in the U.S. Embassy in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. Her work was featured in the Emmy Award-winning television series, “Portlandia,” and the Warner Brothers television series “Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists.”
In addition, her paintings have been shown in solo and group exhibitions at galleries and cultural centers, including the Portland Art Museum’s Rental Sales Gallery, other Oregon museums and galleries in Portland, Palm Desert, Scottsdale, Port Townsend Washington, Scottsdale, Colorado and New York. She is a member of several arts organizations including the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, National Association of Painters, The Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland Art Museum and Portland Institute of Contemporary Arts.
From New York City, Leslie Ann Butler joined Garth Sandiford, host of popular radio show Chattin' In Manhattan, to share thoughts on her inspired work and what it means to follow your passion and live your life from a place of divine guidance. Listen here.
Also a writer, Leslie Ann authored two national award-winning books: “If Your Hair Falls Out, Keep Dancing!” and “The Dream Road,” and is the recipient of a number of prestigious awards for television, radio and other advertising.
Leslie Ann’s education includes Lewis & Clark College, the University of Oregon, Pacific Northwest College of Art, and the Art Institute of California In San Francisco.
exhibitions
2019 - 2020
U.S. Embassy, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Portland Art Museum Gallery, Portland, OR
2015 - 2018
Portland Art Museum Gallery, Portland, OR
Earthenworks Gallery, Port Townsend and LaConner, WA
2014
M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
Williams Gallery, Port Townsend WA
2013
Gallery 903, Portland OR
2012
Desert Art Source Gallery, Palm Desert, CA2009Street of Dreams, Portland, OR
Block 90, Portland OR
Portland Art Museum Gallery, 50th Anniversary
Art For Life, Portland OR
2008
Gottlieb Gallery, “Light on Roses,” Portland, OR
Cannon Beach Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Juried Show, Lake Oswego, OR
2007
The P & B National Juried Brush Exhibition, New York City
Lady Audrey’s Gallery, West Cornwall, Connecticut
White Bird Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
2006
Museum of Art at Grants Pass, National Art Invitational, Grants Pass, OR
Lawrence Gallery at Sheridan, OR
Fifth Avenue Suites, Portland, OR
Mt.Scott Art Center,“Beauty Revisited,”International Juried Exhibition, Portland,OR
Lawrence Gallery at Salishan, Gleneden, OR
2005
KD Moore Gallery“Celebration,”International Juried Exhibition, Evergreen CO
Coos Art Museum,“Expressions West” Juried Exhibition, Coos Bay, OR
Allied Arts Assn Regional Juried Exhibition, Richland, WA
Associated Arts Regional Juried Fine Arts Show, Ocean Shores, WA
Sitka Art Invitational, Western Forestry Center, Portland OR, 2003 - 2005
Rhodes Stringfellow Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
The Art Gallery at Umpqua College, Roseburg, OR
City Hall, Portland OR, Commissioner Dan Saltzman
2004
Lawrence Gallery, Portland OR
Ocean Lodge, Cannon Beach OR
education
Lewis & Clark, Portland
University of Oregon
PNCA /Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland
Art Institute of California, San Francisco
honors
2021
“Visions” chosen to be displayed in the Oregon Historical Society’s permanent collection, Portland OR
2019
"A Thousand Indecisions" chosen for display at the U.S. Embassy, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
"Deep Rising," "Time on Fire" and "Going Astray" featured on the TV series "Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists"
2013
"Magic," "Spring Ice" and "Singing" featured in the TV series "Portlandia"
2010
“Bald Boogie” chosen for cover of the national annual journal The Society for Investigative Dermatology
2009
“Visions” chosen for cover of CD, “Portland Sings for Haiti,”
2006
Featured on OPB Oregon Artbeat
2005
“Party Animals” selected as the signature piece for “Celebration,”
International Juried Exhibition, KD Moore Gallery, Evergreen CO
Award of Merit, Assoc. Arts Regional Juried Fine Arts Show, Ocean Shores
2002
Forbes Magazine selects Leslie Ann Butler as one of the top pet portrait artists in the country.