ABOUT THE ARTIST

 

I like my work to portray the lives of women today balancing career and homemaking. The compositions are created with everyday objects frequently found in households mixed with vintage clothing and accessories. The large scale paintings are still frames of what could be a glimpse into a the film, that is a woman’s life. Smaller paintings are vignettes of my larger work, filled with a woman’s necessary coveted objects; such as: lipstick, makeup, high heels, jewelry and beautiful clothes.

 
 

First self portrait—age 6

 
 

Leslie DuPratt is a figurative painter based in the foothills of Auburn, California. Her paintings explore narrative themes depicting women of today balancing career and homemaking through fantasy compositions. The subjects of her paintings are always adorned in DuPratt’s collection of vintage fashion, which she poses in sets she creates in her studio.

Between 2008 and 2016, DuPratt earned numerous awards for merit and excellence, including multiple Best of Show recognitions, in prestigious competitions such as California Fine Arts, NCA, and Sacramento Fine Arts. A signature member of the American Women Artists Association, she most recently received the American Art Collectors Magazine Award of Excellence at the juried show in Steamboat Springs, Colorado (Aug. 2019). Her notable accolades include Best of Show at the Northern California Artists "Magnum Opus" (2014), Award of Excellence at California Fine Arts (2014), Northern California Fine Arts Award of Excellence at "Magnum Opus" (2013), and the Northern California "Bold Expressions" Past Presidents Award (2008).

DuPratt's latest exhibition, Playing Dress Up, was a solo show at the Sparrow Gallery in Sacramento, where she received the Award of Honorable Mention, 3rd Place (Sept. 2019). She has also shown at the Trinity Episcopalian National Juried Show at Sparrow Gallery (Oct. 2020) and the National Juried Show Real People in Woodstock, Illinois, where she won the Gallery Choice Award (Aug. 2020). In addition, DuPratt regularly exhibits with the John Natsoulas Gallery in Davis, CA.

DuPratt holds a BA in Studio Art from Sacramento State University and a fashion degree in Fashion Design and Illustration from FIDM, Los Angeles, CA.