Lesley Burr is a graduate of Glasgow School of Art (1981 to 1984) and post-graduate of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art (1985 to 1986). She is one of the “Glasgow Girls” involved in the resurgence of figurative Art coming out of Glasgow in the 1980s. She seeks her inspiration from her environment and landscape with many of her works displaying an intimate and profound sensitivity to the inter-relationship one has with their environment.