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THE "SCULPTED OIL" PORTRAITS ARE CREATED BY THE ARTIST IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COLLECTOR.

                                           AMANDA MORGAN                                              
                                    24"x18", sculpted oil on canvas, 2013.

"WE PROUDLY HUNG OUR LESLIE LEW PORTRAIT OF OUR DAUGHTER, SINGER-SONGWRITER, AMANDA MORGAN IN OUR FAMILY ROOM WHERE WE SEE IT EVERY DAY.  LESLIE'S LUSH SCULPTED OIL TECHNIQUE, UNIQUE VIBRANT COLORS AND PRECISE YET SPIRITED DRAWING STYLE CAPTURED OUR DAUGHTER PERFECTLY.  THE PAINTING IS AMONG OUR MOST PRIZED POSSESSIONS".
 
PARK WEST GALLERY DIRECTOR- MORRIS AND MARYANN SHAPIRO
                                                                                
                                                                           

                                                            
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                

 
          PORTRAIT OF TWO YOUNG MEN, A PARROT, AND PICASSO
                                        20"x16", sculpted oil on canvas, 2015

"YOUR PAINTINGS ARE HISTORY... HERE IT IS... IN THE MOST PROMINENT PLACE IN THE LIVING ROOM AND IT SEEMS TO PROJECT LIGHT IN EVERY DIRECTION.  THANK YOU SO MUCH!"

LEWIS SEGAL- LA TIMES ART CRITIC

 
                              PORTRAIT OF VIRGINIA MILLER AND ALICE NEEL
                                                    30"x 24", sculpted oil on canvas, 2013

ARTSPACE/ VIRGINIA MILLER GALLERIES IN MIAMI, REPRESENTS LESLIE LEW AND ALICE NEEL.

LESLIE WAS COMMISSIONED TO PAINT THE ART DEALER, VIRGINIA MILLER IN FRONT OF THE PAINTING THAT ALICE NEEL HAD PAINTED OF HER IN THE 70'S.

 
                                             ON THE BEACH
                                         18"x24", sculpted oil on canvas, 2015

"LESLIE, WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH!  YOU HAVE CAPTURED OUR GRANDCHILDREN AND OUR MEMORIES OF SPENDING TIME WITH THEM ON THE JERSEY SHORE.  WE WILL CHERISH THIS PAINTING FOREVER!"

BOB AND ELLEN UFFIN

 
                             CRAIG AND HIS GANG OF GUITARS
                                         24"x18", sculpted oil on canvas, 2015

"LESLIE INCORPORATED MANY OF MY PERSONAL ITEMS... SEVERAL OF MY GUITARS AND SOME OF MY FAVORITE CARTOON CHARACTERS IN THE PAINTING.  SHE EVEN INCLUDED A CHERISHED PILLOW OF MARVIN THE MARTIAN THAT MY GRANDMOTHER KNITTED FOR ME YEARS AGO. THANK YOU LESLIE... IT WAS A TRULY MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE!"

Craig Chan

 
       HOME SWEET HOME- POT ROAST, POTATOES, AND BISQUITS
                                     18" X 24". sculpted oil on canvas, 2015

WE LOVED HOW YOU WORKED WITH US AND ADDED SO MANY MEMORIES.  MY MOM LOVED THE FACT THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO INCLUDE MY LATE DAD IN THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

RHONDA THOMPSON

 
                   CHARLIE AND ABBY AND THE DINOSAUR
                                   24" X 18", sculpted oil on canvas, 2015

 
THE COLLECTOR- PORTRAIT OF STEVEN DWOSKIN
18x24", sculpted oil on canvas,  2013.

 
                       PORTRAIT OF AVA, FLUFFY AND FUDGIE
                                     24" X 18" sculpted oil on canvas, 2015

DEAR LESLIE, THE PORTRAIT IS AMAZING AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE!
YOU CAPTURED MY NIECE AVE, AND HER SPECAIL PUPS, FLUFFY AND FUDGIE... PERFECTLY.  I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER GIFT THAT I COULD GIVE AVA FOR HER GRADUATION!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
STUART COHEN

 
      FUN- PORTRAIT OF ELIZABETH, EMILY, JAYDA AND MITCHELL
                                         20" X 16", sculpted oil on canvas, 2015

 
A BOTTLE OF SANCERRE, A CHALKBOARD MENU- PARISIAN MEMORIES
                                         18" X 24", sculpted oil on canvas, 2016

 
                           THE MIGHTY MOOKIE AND GANG
                                        24" X 18", sculpted oil on canvas

 
RENAISSANCE DAYS- PORTRAIT OF JACK AND NATALIE SHIRMAN
                                 24" X 18", sculpted oil on canvas, 2015

 
         TWO ANGELS- PORTRAIT OF DESTIN AND SEAN
                            24" X 16", sculpted oil on canvas, 2016

 
                                        FOUR GENERATIONS
                                       18" X 24", sculpted oil on canvas, 2015

 
"Portrait of Chris"
Sculpted Oil on Canvas, 20x16", 2013.

"Communication is Key"
(Commision for Carla and Michelle)
Sculpted Oil on Canvas, 12x16", 2013.

"Daniel Dwoskin"
(Commisioned by Steven and Nanette Dwoskin)
Sculpted Oil on Canvas, 18x14", 2012.

"Family Portrait: Don Philips"
Sculpted Oil on Canvas, 18x24", 2011.



"Chloe Barg"
Sculpted Oil on Canvas, 20x16", 2007.

"Tallulah"
Sculpted Oil on Canvas, 20x16", 2003.

"Jonny Schwebel"
Sculpted Oil on Canvas, 20x16", 2004.

"Amy and Allie"
Sculpted Oil on Canvas, 20x16", 2004.

"Sean Burns"
 Sculpted Oil on Canvas, 20x16", 2002.

"Asher",
 Sculpted Oil on Canvas, 20x16, 2004.

"Matt"
Sculpted Oil on Canvas, 16x20", 2006.

"Ellie and Ashley"
Sculpted Oil on Canvas, 20x16", 2004.

"The Cohen Gang"
Sculpted Oil on Canvas, 16x20", 2004.

"Zach and Shawn"
Sculpted Oil on Canvas, 16x20", 2004.