After a childhood in New England and the ensuing years in California, Leila Hall came with her husband to New Mexico in 1987. She spent her childhood and adolescence in drawing classes and was fortunate enough to study under Phil Dike and Paul Darrow at Scripps College in Southern California, where she earned a BA in Philosophy. Recent workshops have been with Deborah Christiansen Secor and Paul Murray.

Her work has been exhibited in many shows including the Masterworks Show, Miniature Division; Pastel Society of New Mexico National Show; New Mexico State Fair, professional Division; a Solo Show at the Studio 5 Gallery in Santa Cruz, California; Pastel Society of New Mexico National Show; and the Masterworks of New Mexico Miniatures. Her awards include First Place and Honorable Mention, Miniature Pastel, 2006 Masterworks Show; Second Place, Miniature Pastel, 2005 Masterworks Show; Second Place, Miniature Pastel, 2004 Masterworks Show; and First Place, pastel, Non-professional-1996 New Mexico State Fair.

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Hall says:                                                                                                                  ©Leila Hall-All rights reserved

"Now retired, I am trying to paint all those pictures I have had stored and waiting in my head for the last 25 years. Travel has provided me with interesting views of architecture and contrasts of light and shade which are my main focus now. Pastels seem to be the perfect medium for that exploration."