Lesley Peatfield is a York based photographer, specialising in abstract digital art.
She was awarded the Licentiate (LRPS) level of the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) in 2019.
She was subsequently awarded Associate level membership of the RPS (ARPS) for her experimental Parallel Lives series, in October 2020.
This stunning series, taken with a camera phone, features street scenes, and architecture. The final images, produced with Photosplit for iPhone, show familiar subjects in new and interesting ways.
Also a traditional landscape photographer, Lesley has been honing her skills since 2009, when she discovered an interest in the technical aspects of photography. She most enjoys the process of choosing lenses and exposures to produce beautiful, and interesting pictures from everyday scenes. Her work is popular with collectors and she is always happy to chat about what her recent work is all about.
Lesley has had personal shows in the York area and has exhibited images at Patchings Art Centre, Nottingham, and Reghed Gallery Café on the Lakes, Cumbria. She is excited to announce she will be taking part in an exhibition in the Blossom Street Gallery in York this summer alongside some local renowned artists with a theme of Life Forms in Motion.
Her work is currently on show at the "Inspired by...gallery" at Danby in the North York National Park, and is taking part in the North Yorkshire Open Studios this summer as a guest artist at the Arnup Gallery in Holtby near York. She is also a regular contributor to Pocklington Area Open Studios which is taking place over the first May bank holiday this year (2024).
Check out her social media channels for the current news.
Artists statement
“I have a passion for photography and spend most of my spare time taking pictures, downloading and working on them, or putting them into cards or frames.
I love making images of landscapes, abstracts, or whatever catches my eye.
I'm following an abstract journey of international camera movement, multiple exposure and some watercolour experimentation. These make my images for the Life Forms in Motion project.
A varied set but with many themes in common."
Contact Lesley to find out more about her work or to book a talk
phone 07894301400
email lesleypeatfieldphotography
You can also see her work on social media
Facebook Lesley Peatfield Photography
Flickr peatfield
Instagram @nikonlesley
Activities relating to Photography
2024
June: North Yorkshire Open Studios as a guest artist at The Arnup Gallery, Holtby, York
May: Pocklington Area Open Studios at home in the Studio in the garden
18th may - 30th June Life Forms in Motion exhibition at Blossom St Gallery York with 5 other artists
April: In person talk to members of Gamma Photo Forum in Boston Spa
Image in taster exhibition in Blossom St Gallery York
March: In person talk to RPS members day in Wakefield
Jan-May: Exhibition at the Inspired by.... gallery in the North York Moors National Park
Jan: In person talk to York Photographic Society
2023
Nov: In person talk to Malton Photographic Society
April: York Open Studios at home in the Studio in the garden
March: YOS taster exhibition in The Hospitium, Museum Gardens, York
2022
Oct: Pocklington Area Open Studios at home in the Studio in the garden
May: Window display/exhibition Cafe No 3 Heworth York
2021
Oct: Online talk to The Vale Camera Club
March: Online talk to York Photographic Society
Feb: Online talk to Scarborough Photographic Society
Jan: Online talk to Tynedale Camera Club
Jan: Window display/exhibition Cafe No 3 Heworth York
2020
COVID from March
Dec: Online talk to Driffield Camera Club
Oct: Online talk to Pickering Camera Club
Feb: Window display/exhibition Cafe No 3 Heworth York
Jan: Solo exhibition Angel on the Green, Bishopthorpe Road, York
2019
Aug: Burnby Hall Gardens Festival of Arts
July: Charity book launch at Patchings Nottinghamshire for 'Brand new day'
May: Pocklington Area Open Studios in Bishop Wilton
2018
May: Pocklington Area Open Studios in Skirpenbeck
April: 3 images in the Connected Exhibiton at Patchings Art Centre Nottinghamshire
2017
Dec: In person talk to Driffield Art Society
May: Pocklington Area Open Studios in Skirpenbeck
April: 3 images in the Connected Exhibiton at Patchings Art Centre Nottinghamshire
Jan: Solo exhibition at The Oaken Grove Centre in Haxby York
2016
Nov/Dec: Solo exhibition at The Oaken Grove Centre in Haxby York
Nov: Image in the On Landscape exhibition at the Rheged Centre, Lake District
April: Pocklington Area Open Studios in Skirpenbeck