January 19,2003     NELLE NIX SPECIAL TO THE OREGONIAN Whether through the slant of a deep brown eye, the tilt of a golden head or the arc of a broad white wing, LeslieAnn Butler's portraits of pets -- and sometimes, their people -- tell stories. Deep devotion. Mischievous characters. And at times even the Portland artist herself doesn't quite grasp just what the story might be. "Sometimes I don't even know what's happening in there," Butler says as she stands before a nearly finished piece of a couple and their dog that rests on an easel in her West Hills home-studio. "I look at them, and it's sort of like, 'Am I really doing this?' " (For entire article click here )

Featured on Oregon Art Beat, May 2006

Also Featured in: "Accent" Magazine, September 2006 "Painting Transformations" Coastal Living Magazine, June, 2004 "Girls of Summer" Oregon Home Magazine, Jan/Feb 2003 "Sit Fido, Pose" Portland Bride and Groom, Winter/Spring 2003 "Art Iimitating Life" Forbes Magazine, September, 2002 "Sit" Portland Living Magazine, December, 1998 "Fab Finds" Portland Living Magazine, May, 1998 "The Next Beatrix Potter?"