Carolyn Leigh

Carolyn Leigh (born 1945) is an American artist, author, and art dealer based in Tucson, Arizona. She works in mixed media, primarily working in paints, prints, and book art, and is influenced by the art of Papua New Guinea, Sonora, Mexico, and Arizona. Biography Carolyn Leigh Fulton was born in 1945 in Wichita, Kansas to Dr. Albert Edwin Fulton and Faye Fulton. She attended Wichita State University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature, with a minor in Anthropology in 1967. She married Douglas W. Shakel, a geologist, and followed him to Tucson. They were married from 1967-76. While there, she worked as a scientific illustrator and photography instructor at the University of Arizona. In 1985, she met husband Ron Perry, who deals in tribal arts from Papua New Guinea, and accompanied him on his travels. They were married in 1991.