Lesha Sinnesael (Leighsha) was born in Southwestern, Ontario to parents of Belgium decent. She grew up on the family tobacco farm and lived there until 1982. She is a graduate of OCAD, University of Guelph and University of Toronto focusing on arts and education. Throughout her life, she has captured and expressed the beauty of our surroundings through various mediums. In the late 80’s and 90’s she exhibited her work predominantly in southern, Ontario and has been part of the juried show process having many works accepted into exhibitions. Now, retired from her teaching career in northeastern, Ontario with experience and purpose she began to see the world through a different lens. Leighsha currently lives in the farming community of Earlton, Ontario. In 2020 she began to add her father’s harvest chair to the landscape. In her photographic work she is interested in the viewer having a conversation with the beautiful farmland of northeastern, Ontario. The intimate inanimate object is carefully placed at different times of the day, so the viewer questions why such an old chair is sitting in the landscape or sitting at an old barn. Leighsha is recreating childhood memories of being on the land as a young child. She creates a mood and brings drama to the scene which creates the conversation between the viewer and the photograph.