Leslie Helena Evans was born on a U.S. military base in Japan where she was affectionately called "Chisaii" (Little One) by her nannies. Today -despite standing nearly six feet tall - that moniker remains her artistic nom de plum and is how she signs most of her work.
Leslie is self-taught and has used colored pencils and/or acrylics in her art.
Leslie has enjoyed success both here and abroad with media specific international exhibitions sponsored by both the Colored Pencil Society of America (2011 - Exceptional Merit Award)†and its British counterpart the United Kingdom Coloured Pencil Society (2007 - Picture Of The Year). Leslie has also done well with open media competition in the wildlife genre,, including a People's Choice Award (2010) from the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year competition and an Award of Excellence (2009) from the highly esteemed Society Of Animal Artists. In addition to being a multiple finalist in the Animal/Wildlife category of Artist's Magazine's annual competition, Leslie has had a piece featured on the cover of Florida Wildlife Magazine.
Her work has been on display at the San Diego Natural History Museum (San Diego, CA), the London Mall Gallery (London, UK), The Wildlife Experience (Parker, Colorado), The Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum Of Natural History (Norman, OK), the Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (Salina, KS), the Green Acres Art Center (Cincinnati, OH), the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute (Tucson, AZ), the Charles W. Eisemann Center (Dallas, TX), and the Bosque Arts Center (Clifton, TX).†