British artist and designer, Leslie Gerry, trained in graphics and illustration at Sydney College of Art. The wonderful Australian light had a marked effect on his use of colour in both his design work and paintings which has remained with him to this day. In the 1970s and 80s he ran a successful design studio in London with his wife Lorraine, specialising in corporate design, publishing, brochures and museum graphics. Life changed radically in 1984 when Leslie became seriously ill. After a couple of years his health stabilised and the family decided to pack up house and studio and moved...