{"id":38,"date":"2023-11-07T16:50:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T16:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artistbrendaleigh.com\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2024-07-10T20:25:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T20:25:05","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artistbrendaleigh.com\/index.php\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_image title_text=&#8221;brenda-leigh-artist-stuartDSCN1868&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/artistbrendaleigh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/brenda-leigh-artist-stuartDSCN1868.jpeg&#8221; height=&#8221;500px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_image][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;6px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; link_text_color=&#8221;#7b2ef7&#8243; header_font=&#8221;Bellefair||||||||&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;45px&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Bellefair||||||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1><span>About Brenda Leigh<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_34 wixui-rich-text__text\">A Florida native growing up in Ft. Lauderdale, Brenda Leigh attended the University of Florida and the Laguna Beach College of Art in CA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_34 wixui-rich-text__text\">As a professional artist, she has worked with interior designers as an artist to the trade; was a scenic painter for many feature films; and is a professional muralist. Her mediums span fine art, murals, and mosaics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_34 wixui-rich-text__text\">Brenda has lived in the US Virgin Islands and Hawaii. She moved to Florida and has called Stuart, Florida \u201chome\u201d since 2000.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_34 wixui-rich-text__text\">Since moving to Stuart, she has made the community more colorful with nearly a dozen public community art projects. Some of Brenda Leigh\u2019s many public art achievements in Martin County, Florida include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"font_8 color_34 wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_34 wixui-rich-text__text\">Stuart Beach 3D Mosaics<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_34 wixui-rich-text__text\">The 3D Mosaic Tree in Memorial Park, Stuart, Florida<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">\n<p class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"color_34 wixui-rich-text__text\">Murals in The Cummings Library, The Environmental Studies Center, and Downtown Stuart, Florida<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"color_34 wixui-rich-text__text\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/artistbrendaleigh.com\/index.php\/public-community-art\/\"><span class=\"color_34 wixui-rich-text__text\">Click here to see more of Brenda Leigh&#8217;s Public Art projects in Martin County, Florida.<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; 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