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Leslie Hutto is a native of Hyde Park NY. She has a natural love for animals, and has been deeply involved in the “dog world” from a very young age. Her passion for animals combined with encouragement for the arts from her both her parents and grandparents, led her to sculpture in high school. She received her first commission at age 16, and received a partial scholarship from the National Sculpture Society to study classical sculpture under Elisabeth Gordon Chandler and Michael Lantz at the Lyme Academy of Fine Art in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Since her passion was sculpting animals, she later continued on to enroll in SUNY Delhi’s pre-vet program where she pursued an intense study of animal anatomy. She combines her well-rounded knowledge of sculpture, animal behavior, and anatomy and marinates this into her own style of rhythm and flow, capturing the essence of the animal. Her sculptures are known for their intense energy, sense of life and the moment.
Leslie took time off to raise two sons, but continued sculpting part time doing work for dog clubs and pet owners. Her works have been included in Jan E Irving’s Great Dogs Amazing Artists and Woman of Grace series by Judy Ritter. In addition to private collections, both national and international, Leslie’s commissions include public works and monuments for churches, hospitals, academies, dog clubs and associations, notably the Cathedral of St Paul in Birmingham Al, and the Wichita Greyhound Park.
She exhibits annually at South Eastern Wildlife Expo, Sculpture in the South, Sculpture in Savannah, and Easton Waterfowl Festival, and has exhibited at Sculpture in the Park in Loveland Co.
Among Leslie’s more recent awards are: Judges Awards LSU Animals in Art 2009, 2010; Second place sculpture Art Show in the Dog Show 2009; Richard L. Marini Award, Audubon Artists Society annual Exhibition; Josephine Beardsley Sandor Memorial Award, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 2010; her sculpture was included in the 2009 Society of Animal Artists Art and the Animal annual show, along with their 2009 Small Works Big Impressions exhibit. Most recently: First Place Sculpture, Art Show at the Dog Show 2011; Jeff Gralheer Memorial Award, Art Show at the Dog Show 2011; Best Poodle , Art Show at the Dog Show 2011
Professional memberships include Society of Animal Artists, associate membership National Sculpture Society, full member Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club.