Niche: A Weekly Peek at an Area Artist ; Leslie Geary

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There are a lot of things about Leslie Geary that are fixed and stable. There is her home in a quiet Columbia neighborhood, which she keeps impeccably neat. There is her husband, David, whom she has known since she was 6 years old and growing up as a Navy pilot's daughter in Coronado, Calif. There are her longtime girlfriends, who encouraged her to take the step from interior decorator to artist and who are now the people she comes to for an honest opinion on her paintings. One area of her life that is constantly shaking things up, however, is her artwork.

"I'm blessed to be 45 years old and have a new career," Geary says. "I had never picked up a paintbrush until five years ago." She started out by gifting friends with paintings she made her in her spare time. These same friends persuaded her to pay a visit to Jill Stedem, former executive director of the Columbia Art League.

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Niche: A Weekly Peek at an Area Artist ; Leslie Geary

"I couldn't sleep for two days before," she says. "I expected her to just pat me on the head and tell me to go ho...

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