celebrations of the creative arts
PROFESSIONAL ARTIST
Leigh Anne is a San Diego based watercolor artist with a great affection for the California coast, spring flowers, cardinals in winter, and simple joys found in nature. She enjoys capturing a moment of beauty for a variety of canvases through painting "live" and through photographic journaling. Her paintings exhibit a variety of watercolor but only an occasional acrylic with different explorations of brush and water techniques. She hopes her passion to create visual art inspires you to take a moment in her artistic galleries to share some of the treasures she holds dear. Some of her favorite art includes the works of Georgia O'Keeffe, Winslow Homer, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Manet, classic French and Italian art and sculpture, as well as the American folk art of Grandma Moses. Commissions accepted.
PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN
An accomplished professional musician and educator with over 50 years experience, Leigh Anne is a classical and jazz pianist and vocalist, coach, published composer, and award-winning conductor/music director. She has an incredible love for classical music, jazz, and musical theater and appreciates music of all types. She treasures those “Aha!” moments that occur for her students, celebrates their unique successes, and believes in cultivating fun and empowering experiences for all ages and levels of learning. As a performer, she has loved connecting with all her audiences through the years in many performance venues, concert halls, restaurants, private celebrations, and cabarets. Her conducting and music direction credits have spanned many decades and locations in the US. A native of Danville, Illinois, she is a graduate of the esteemed Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where she received her degree in Piano Performance. Subscribe to her YouTube channel for original jazz compositions, edgy covers and jazz standards. Reviews of her debut original CD, “Sandbar,” and live performances are found at allaboutjazz.com. To get your copy of “Sandbar,” or "Jazzy Carols," you are welcomed to contact directly via email button below, or download from your favorite digital music platform.
PC: Jonah Duhe
Hobbies and Interests and Fun Facts
Some of Leigh Anne's hobbies include modeling, makeup artistry, cooking, making jam, baking chocolate chip cookies, sewing, ballroom and disco dancing, and running long distance. She loves her dog Bayley, and is grateful to stay connected with family and her many friends around the world through social media! Stay in touch by joining her mailing list today!