Hi everyone. My paintings are hung in the gorgeous space at the Akron Woman’s City Club and it looks great! The show opened this past Saturday and runs through September 26th. I will have 50 paintings of the beautiful Cuyahoga Valley National Park and beyond specially priced and ready to find new homes. The Akron Woman’s City Club is located at 732 West Exchange Street, Akron, Ohio 44302. AWCC is generally open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9: am – 3:00pm. It is best to call beforehand to confirm. 330-762-6261. If anyone would like me to meet you there, I only live minutes away and would be happy to do so. Please DM me on FaceBook or email: [email protected]. Hope to see you there and enjoy the rest of summer. www.jwlesliefineart.com
Come on out and check out the 40th Annual Juried Exhibition at The Cuyahoga Valley Art Center 2131 Front Street, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44221. The show runs July 29th through September 4th, 2025. There will a reception August 22nd from 5:30pm to 7:00pm. Check it out, lots of great artwork!!!! Sun-Lit Break 12" x 24" Oil on Canvas.
It's that time for the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve Member Show. The show runs July 17th through September 20th. A closing reception will take place September 20th 2pm – 4pm. AAWR 1834 East 123rd Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44106. Summer Run 20" x 26" Oil on Hardboard.
I am excited my painting, High Noon; in the CLE, was accepted to the Artists Archives of the Western Reserve NEW NOW show! The show opens with a reception Thursday night, August 28th from 6:00 to 8:00 and continues at the Tri C Gallery East Cuyahoga Community College - Eastern Campus, running until October 9th. Check it out!!!! Lots of great work!!!!
These two paintings are being exhibited at the 2025 Ohio State Fair Professional Fine Arts Exhibition July 23rd through August 3rd in the Cox Fine Arts Complex. Hope you can make it!!! Autumn Blaze 12" x 24' Oil on Canvas (Sold). Shadows Under Foot 26" x 20" Oil on Canvas. 
Hi everyone, a little shout-out for a couple of upcoming local shows I will be participating in. I appreciate your interest and hope to see you at the opening. Please feel free to share with your friends and family. You can also follow me on Facebook (james.leslie.52056223/) and Instagram (@jwlfineart).
The first show I will be a part of is an exhibition with The Artists of Group Ten. Impressions and Expressions will be showing in the Intersections Gallery as part of the Spring Exhibitions at Summit Art Space. The show will run April 11th – June 14th, 2025. There will be an opening this coming Friday the 11th from 5pm to 8pm. 140 E. Market Street, Akron, Ohio 44308. Hope to see you there!!!
Summers Reserve 18" x 18" Oil on Canvas.
The Second show I will be participating in is the Gates Mills 54th Annual Art Show 2025. The Gates Mills show is a lovely small show with some excellent art by artists of Northeast Ohio. The show runs April 13th – April 27. There will be an artist reception on Sunday April 13th from 6pm to 8pm. Gates Mills community House, 1460 Chagrin River Road, Gates Mills, Ohio.
Thanks again and if you need any more information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Summer's Hush 17"' x 17" Oil on Hardboard.
This painting received The People's Choice Award at the 2025 Winter Exhibition at The Cuyahoga Valley Art Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. I am grateful to everyone who voted. Summer Run 20" x 26" Oil on Hardboard. c.2024
Happy to have this painting excepted into the 22nd Annual Kaleidoscope Juried Exhibition in the Betty and Howard Taylor Main Gallery at The Summit Artspace, Akron, Ohio. The show runs from October 4th through December 4th, 2024. An opening reception will be Friday October 4th from 5:00pm - 8:30pm. Come on out and check out some great artwork by Northeast Ohio Artists. 
Autumn Blaze 12" x 24" Oil on Canvas c.2024.
Please to announce The Artists of Group Ten will be having an exhibition titled - An Artist Lives Twice Kendal at Oberlin. August 19th - October 14, 2024. 600 kendal Drive, Oberlin, Ohio 44074. The gallery hours are 8am - 8pm daily. Please check out this great show of the very talented Artists of Group Ten.
Shadows Under Foot 24" x 20" Oil on Canvas. c.2024 Indigo Spring 18" x 14" Oil on Canvas. c.2023
Excited to have two paintings in the Cuyahoga Vallay Art Center, Floral and Landscape Exhibition, June 11th - July 25th, 2024. A reception will be held July 12th from 5:30pm - 7:00pm. Hope to see you there!!!!
Follow The Sun 22" x 28" Oil on Canvas c.2023 Summer's Light 17" x 17" Oil on Hardboard c.2023.
I am pleased to have a painting in the 2024 Professional Art Exhibition at The Ohio State Fair in Columbus Ohio. The will be an opening reception July 19th 6:00pm - 8:00pm. The show runs July 24th - August 4th at The Cox Fine Art Center.
Indigo Autumn 18" x 24" Oil on Canvas c.2023
I am pleased my painting, The High Road - Indigo, will be included in the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center's 39th Annual Juried Show. The Show runs July 30th - September 5th. There will an artist's reception August 23rd, 5:30pm - 7:00pm. 2131 front Street, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 444221.
Hope to see you there to check out all the great art.
The High Road - Indigo 11" x 13" Oil on Hardboard c.2024
I am honored to have become a member of The Artist of Group Ten. This is a fabulous group of very talented artists here in Northeast Ohio who all present an eclectic variety of fine art. This Friday evening, Group Ten will be having an opening reception from 5:00pm - 7:00pm for an exhibition of small works titled: Masterpieces Within Means, at The Hudson Fine Art Framing Company, Hudson, Ohio. 160 North Main Street, Hudson, Ohio 44236. The show will run from August 1st - September 7th, 2024. Please come out and check out some great works of art!!!!
Indigo Spring 10" x 10" Oil on Hardboard. c.2023 
Morning Bliss 8" x 10" Oil on Canvas. c.2023