{"id":40,"date":"2023-04-13T20:22:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T20:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leilaashton.com\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2025-08-26T20:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T20:04:48","slug":"about-the-artist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leilaashton.com\/?page_id=40","title":{"rendered":"About the Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"40\" class=\"elementor elementor-40\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1370997 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1370997\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20b06b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"20b06b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-778a279 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"778a279\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f671bb3\" data-id=\"f671bb3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80078b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"80078b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About the Artist<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efb113d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efb113d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Leila Ashton&#8217;s portraits are currently held in numerous collections throughout the Southeast and from coast to coast. A gifted artist since childhood, she has studied extensively to develop that gift.\u00a0 She has been a successful portrait artist for many years.\u00a0 At present, she is also producing other paintings and drawings using her gift for creative realism.<br \/><br \/>In national and international juried art exhibitions, Leila Ashton has twice been a finalist in the Portrait Society of America&#8217;s &#8216;Members Only&#8217; Competition. She has received First Place and Exceptional Merit Awards in exhibitions of the Portrait Society of Atlanta and the Southeastern Pastel Society, and has received awards in exhibitions of several other arts organizations.\u00a0<br \/><br \/>In her portrait work, her greatest reward is to give delight and pleasure to a client by painting a beautiful fine art portrait. It is work she loves to do. Many of her non-portrait works are also shown on this site, with links to options for purchasing fine art prints. A few of her originals are available on this site for purchase.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1876fb4\" data-id=\"1876fb4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5dffa9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d5dffa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"202\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/leilaashton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/leilaashton250.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3829\" alt=\"Photo of Leila Ashton\" srcset=\"https:\/\/leilaashton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/leilaashton250.webp 202w, https:\/\/leilaashton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/leilaashton250-121x150.webp 121w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Artist Leila Ashton&#8217;s portraits are currently held in numerous collections throughout the Southeast and from coast to coast. 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