In 2007 Leigh Glover completed the two-year Diploma in Portrait Painting course at Heatherley's School of Fine Art in London.  With one other student he shared the  Heatherley's Portrait Diploma Prize for that year.  Feedback from the panel of assessors that included external artists as well as internal tutors, noted him as a "painterly painter" with a creative freedom in his work.

A few months after completing his Diploma one of Leigh's paintings was selected for the prestigious Royal Institute of Oil Painters' annual show in the Mall Galleries, The Mall, London.  This painting ("Sonya" - go to Portraits) won further recognition as a finalist in the Windsor & Newton's sponsored "Young Artist" competition. 

In the Society of All Artists 2005 Young Artist of the Year nationwide competition, Leigh was awarded a runner up prize for an oil on canvas landscape.  This success encouraged him and helped determine his choice of career.  

In 2002 he graduated from Oxford Brookes University with BSc Hons degree in Mapping and Cartography.    

Leigh who lives and works in London, undertakes commissions for portraits and landscapes in pencil, charcoal or oil.  As he prefers to work directly from life and the use of photographs, sitting times for a portrait can vary from one 3-hour session for a drawing to three 3-hour sessions for an oil painting.  He will travel to a client's choice of location.