WHO IS THIS WOMAN? (
another valid question )
A California native, born in the idyllic and
archetypal post World War II Southern California enclave of
La Cañada (think ranch houses, station wagons and cocktail
parties) Leslie Clarke Gray graduated from Stanford and
UCLA in art and graphic design before becoming an active member
of the Los Angeles design community in the early 1970's.
Along with her husband, interior designer Ray
Gray, their homes and collections of Art Deco, primitive art
and furniture, African art and early 70s Italian Modern were
featured regularly in such magazines as Architectural Digest,
British House & Garden and Casa
Vogue.
After Ray's death, Leslie focused her energies
on art education, textile and interior design, as well as the
then-novel field of color consultation.
In 2005, Leslie moved her operations to Cambria,
and opened her first retail outlet "Deer Run".
In Cambria, her home, designed by local legend
Warren Leopold, by his own claim “not a licensed architect” who
among his other adventures had studied with Frank Lloyd Wright,
has been featured in the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
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