LESLEY FOTHERBY (Born 1946)

Lesley Fotherby was born in 1946 and studied at the Bath Academy of Art, the Ravensbourne College of Art, Kent, and finally Leicester University, before taking up a career in teaching in secondary schools and adult education centres. She became a full-time artist in the early 1980s, when she was introduced to Chris Beetles, and took up representation with the gallery.

Lesley’s interest in form and movement originated from her early figurative work with the Northern School of Contemporary Dance, combining motion and spontaneity with an expert analysis of form, which she transfers to her paintings of cats, preferring to work directly from life rather than the photograph.

Her cat drawings have been published in Cats: Drawing and Painting in Watercolour (1993), The Cat Who Came to Stay (1992), and five books by Doreen Tovey: Cats in May (1993), Cats in the Belfry (1993), Double Trouble (1994), The New Boy (1994) and More Cats in the Belfry (1995).

Lesley Fotherby is regarded as one of the best naturalistic cat artists in the country.


ROCKS AT START POINT, SOUTH DEVON	BRENT GEESE IN WINTER, STUDLAND BEACH, DORSET	NIGHT, CLEY BEACH, NORFOLK

REFLECTIONS ON A BEACH, CORNWALL	PATTERNS ON THE SAND, WOOLACOMBE, DEVON	SUN ON WATER, CHURSTON, DEVON

SNOW ON THE DUNES, STUDLAND, DORSET	LIGHT ON THE WATER, WOOLACOMBE, DEVON	TURQUOISE WATER, TORBAY, DEVON

SWIRLING TIDES, NEAR BULL POINT, DEVON	ROCKY OUTCROP, NEAR BULL POINT, DEVON	SHORELINE, NEAR BULL POINT, DEVON

ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE IN THE SNOW	BRENT GEESE, STUDLAND, DORSET	NOVEMBER, STUDLAND, DORSET

FISHCOMBE BEACH	ROCKS AT CHURSTON	CITY OF CAMBRIDGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, REHEARSAL

CITY OF CAMBRIDGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, TUBA AND DOUBLE BASS	LUCY CAVENDISH SINGERS, REHEARSING WITH VIOLIN	LUCY CAVENDISH SINGERS, FOUR SINGERS

TREACHEROUS ROCKS, MORTE POINT, DEVON	ROCKS THROUGH TREES, CHURSTON, DEVON	ROCKS, MORTE POINT, DEVON

SUMMER AFTERNOON, CHURSTON, DEVON	WAVES OVER SHINGLE	WAVES, BUDLEIGH SALTERTON, DEVON

CHURSTON BEACH, DEVON	WATER OVER ROCK, NEAR CHURSTON, DEVON	ROCKS UNDER WATER, CHURSTON

WAVES AT BULL POINT II, DEVON	INCOMING WAVE, BEACH NEAR EXMOUTH, DEVON	CITY OF CAMBRIDGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, HARP AND VIOLINS

CITY OF CAMBRIDGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. GUY JOHNSTON REHEARSING	STUDIES OF LOTUS FLOWER I	STUDIES OF LOTUS FLOWER III

STUDIES OF LOTUS FLOWER II	BYLAND ABBEY	OTTO SUNBATHING

HEDGE CUTTING LOOKING OVER THE VALE OF YORK	THE WHITE HORSE AUGUST MORNING	AUGUST FIELDS THE ROAD OUT OF KILBURN

HAYFIELD NEAR KILBURN	WATCHING GEESE	DOUGAL, DAISY AND ROSE AMONGST THE CUSHIONS

DOUGLAS, ROSIE & DAISY	THREE KITTENS TUSSLING	STUDIES OF MUFFIN 1

STUDIES OF MUFFIN 2	THE ROYAL BALLET. THE SLEEPING BEAUTY. ARMS OUTSTRETCHED II	ARMS OUTSTRETCHED I, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, THE ROYAL BALLET

BIRDS OF THE AIR FROM BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET	PINK DANCER	THE ROYAL BALLET, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, AURORA & THE LILAC FAIRY

TINTAGEL, CORNWALL	WAVES, DORSET	NATIONAL YOUTH BALLET, WATCHING FROM THE WINGS, THE FOUR SEASONS

WATCHING 'THE OLD MAN OF LOCHNAGAR', NATIONAL YOUTH BALLET	NATIONAL YOUTH BALLET, BACKSTAGE SADLER'S WELLS, DOLL'S HOUSE FANTASIA	PATTERNS ON A BEACH, NEAR BEDRUTHAN STEPS, CORNWALL

SPRAY, BEDRUTHAN STEPS, CORNWALL	CRASHING WAVES, DANCING LEDGE, DORSET	ROCKS THROUGH WATER, BEDRUTHAN STEPS, CORNWALL

SPRAY, CARNEWAS, CORNWALL - EVENING	ROCKS, BEDRUTHAN STEPS, CORNWALL	BEDRUTHAN STEPS, CORNWALL

SWIRLING WATER, DANCING LEDGE, DORSET	SIAMESE ON A PINK CARPET	SUKI ON A TABLE

SIAMESE IN A BASKET	ROLLING ON A PATH	WAITING ON THE WALL

SIAMESE CAT ON CUSHIONS	AURORA AND THE LILAC FAIRY, ACT III, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY	A CURTAIN OF WATER, CLEY BEACH, NORFOLK

CRASHING WAVE, NORFOLK	INCOMING TIDE AND SNOW, CLEY BEACH, NORFOLK	SHORELINE, LUNDY, DEVON

AURORA AND PRINCE FLORIMUND, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, THE ROYAL BALLET	DANCER III, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, THE ROYAL BALLET	THE LILAC FAIRY, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, THE ROYAL BALLET

DANCER II, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, THE ROYAL BALLET	THE ROYAL BALLET, THE SLEEPING BEAUTY, DANCER IV	INCOMING TIDE, NEAR DANCING LEDGE, DORSET

WAVES OVER ROCKS, DANCING LEDGE, DORSET	FEBRUARY MORNING, CLEY BEACH, NORFOLK	MIMI ON A MAT

ROLLING CAT 2	ROLLING CAT 4	ROLLING CAT 1

CAT STALKING BUTTERFLIES	CAT AND A SNOWY GARDEN	STARING AT THE YUCCA

CAT AND TWO ROOKS	GINGER CAT AND DAHLIAS	ROLLING CAT 3

SPECTATOR CHICKENS	CAT AND GEESE	CAT ON CUSHIONS

HONEY LOOKING UP	HONEY AND A BLUE RIBBON	HONEY PLAYING

MUNGO AT THE WINDOW	MUNGO AND A GREEN PLATE	STUDIES OF THEO 2

cats dragonflies	WAVES OVER SAND, NORTH CORNWALL	SWIRLING WATER, CORNWALL

SEPTEMBER, SHORELINE, CORNWALL	SEASPRAY, SALCOMBE, DEVON	WIND AND WAVES, SALCOMBE, DEVON

WHITECHAPEL BELL FOUNDRY, CASTING BELLS	STUDIES OF SIAMESE	KITTENS IN AN APPLE TREE

TIM READING THE PAPER	THE WALK TO THE PARADISE GARDEN FROM PAS DE DEUX II	MOLLY SMOLEN WALTZES IN THE MANNER OF ISADORA DUNCAN

ASYA VERZHBINSKY, ARMS OUTSTRECTCHED, FROM THE TWO PIGEONS	MOLLY SMOLEN SCATTERING PETALS	MOLLY SMOLEN ARMS OUTSTRETCHED: BRAHMS WALTZES IN THE MANNER OF ISADORA DUNCAN

EVENING LIGHT, SUFFOLK	LOW SUN, DEDHAM, ESSEX	THE SNOW LINE, WENSLEYDALE

STEPS UNDER THE SNOW, MILLGATE	THE COACH HOUSE THROUGH THE TREES, MILLGATE	YUCCA IN THE SNOW, MILLGATE

VIOLINS	KATHERINE MANLEY SINGING	STUDIES OF OLLIE I

THE QUARTET REHEARSING - THE STANFORD QUARTET	WAVES, LYME REGIS, DORSET	STUDIES OF OLLIE II

FROSTED TREES, HARMBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE	MIDDLEHAM – MIST, LATE AFTERNOON	BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET, DANCERS IN A LINE, CONCERT FANTASY

DRESS REHEARSAL FOR 'ALICE', LONDON PALLADIUM	NATIONAL YOUTH BALLET, BACKSTAGE SADLER'S WELLS, TOAD	BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET, A BREAK IN PERFORMANCE, CONCERT FANTASY

YELLOW DANCERS 'COPPELIA'	BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST	BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, THE DANCE OF THE DARKNESS

LATE SNOW, CLARE COLLEGE AND KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE	HILLSIDE – COVERDALE	VIEW FROM LEYBURN SHAWL

POPPY FIELD	SNOW, ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE	MIST ENGULFS MIDDLEHAM

HIDDEN KITTENS	GULLIVER YAWNING	GULLIVER WASHING SUKI

CAT WITH HER KITTENS AND A FRIEND	WILLOW	SUKI AND AMY ON THE PEAR CHAIR

POPPIES AND PATCHES WASHING	WEASEL	OTTO AND PRIMULAS

WEASEL AND LILIES	DEEP MEADOWS	SNOW AT SUNRISE, NEAR HARMBY, NORTH YORKSHIRE

COVERDALE FROM BARDEN FELL	SIAMESE AND A BLUE PLATE	KITTEN AND A BEE

AMY AND BEVERLY'S BOWL	AMY AND BEGONIA	SKETCH OF OPIE

STUDY OF HEADS (LYNX POINT SIAMESE)	PRINCE IGOR AND HIS BOW: THE POLOVTSIAN DANCES	CARRINGTON IN A BASKET

MIST OVER SWALEDALE	ALICE AND RABBIT	JUST FOR FUN - ARMS TO THE SIDE

FOUR STUDIES OF A BLACK CAT	SUE - STARTLED AND SLEEPING	JANUARY SNOW FALL, HARMBY

LOOKING TOWARDS MIDDLEHAM, LATE AFTERNOON	ALICE, HAIR STREAMING	DANCING DUCHESS (ALICE)

BALLERINA IN WHITE	ALICE IN STRIPED STOCKINGS	CHASING BEES

THE NEW BOY	YELLOW DANCER IN THE WINGS, NATIONAL YOUTH BALLET	THE WEIR, RIVER SWALE, RICHMOND

SULEIMAN AND SORAYA WITH CHRYSANTHEMUMS	THE QUARTET WITH TWO LAMPS	SHEEP DOG PUPS WITH A HAY RAKE

SULEIMAN WITH SORAYA	SUNLIGHT ON THE LAGOON - VENICE	STUDIES OF HAVANA AND SIAMESE KITTENS (10 WEEKS)

WINCEY AND KITTENS ON SHAWL	STUDIES OF BLUE AND GINGER CATS	RIDERS ON LEYBURN SHAWL

VIEW FROM THE ACADEMY BRIDGE, VENICE	ST MARKS LOOKING TOWARDS ST GIORGIO	WINTER TREES, RICHMOND YORKSHIRE

THE QUARTET	ERIC IN A BAG	ST MARKS SQUARE, VENICE

GARDEN IN PRESTON-UNDER-SCAR

LESLEY FOTHERBY (Born 1946)

LESLEY FOTHERBY (Born 1946)

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