TOMORROW IS THE OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING AND OPEN HOUSE AT THE BATTLE BUILDING AT THE UVA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL !!!! IN attendance will be many excited and proud people, children, health care professionals, patients, families, residents of Charlottesville and beyond…all celebrating the opening of this long-awaited and much-anticipated addition to the UVA Health Care System And… Read More FAITH, GRACE AND TONY

Right now I am painting. Painting like I have never painted… let me catch you up….a few months ago I received an email from a woman named Kelley who is friends with another friend of mine, Maddy. Kelley (and Maddy) are very involved with different aspects of fundraising and planning for the NEW UVA Children’s… Read More WHAT ARE YOU DOING RIGHT NOW?

  Maya Angelou touched a place inside of us, our very best self, the version of ourselves …who yearns to be set free, strives to LOVE unconditionally, aches to forgive, hopes to inspire and spin beautiful poetry from our daily thoughts and struggles…Goodbye Maya Angelou…I will never forget your words …your slow smooth important melodic… Read More GOOD DONE ANYWHERE

This time last year….I FOUND A BABY DEER. NO,  NOT the deer above, the baby deer above is a deer named “Rupert” that was delivered via c section, 3 weeks early, after his Mother was hit by a car. This photo is so you can see how TINY the deer was that I saw. I… Read More WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND A BABY DEER…

Every week I think “Maybe this will be the week I can get back to blogging” But I guess it is just not the time yet. Those of you with kids in school know that this time of year takes the meaning of “hectic” and “busy” to new levels…compound my business with the schedules the… Read More CHECKING IN

  I wish each and every one of you lived right down the street and could join me to celebrate my latest show…a small one for Spring…full of color and cows and Rotundas! XO

LIFE IS A BLUR OF BUSY. and then you are gone. You would have loved my Mom. She was a kick. Funny, quirky, always in motion. Most of my childhood memories are of her teaching me how to do things and flying by carrying a basket of laundry.  The hand she was dealt was not… Read More YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED MY MOM

NOW OPEN FOR THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY!!!  

Congratulations to Laura Ferbrache… The winner of $500 toward any Lesli DeVito Artwork on UGallery!  Happy shopping Laura!   YOUNG HOUSE LOVE’S RICHMOND HOMEARAMA SHOWHOUSE IS OPEN! I was so honored and flattered when my friends John and Sherry asked me if I would paint a portrait of their beloved little pooch BURGER…as a  cheeky nod to their… Read More ODE TO BURGER AND HALE NAVY