Painter and printmaker whose work included richly coloured paintings with a strong abstract element, as shown at Oliver Contemporary, 2002. She trained at Winchester and Wimbledon Schools of Art and West Surrey College of Art & Design, Farnham, graduating with fine art honours, and was an RE associate. Among Leach’s many mixed shows were Lasting Impressions, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, where she gained the R K Burt Etching Prize, 1993; National Print Exhibition, Mall Galleries, from 1994; Hunting Art Prizes, Royal College of Art and tour, from 1995; Redfern Gallery, Summer Exhibition, 1996; A Flight Over Cranborne Chase, Salisbury Festival Exhibition, 1998; RWA Autumn Exhibition, 1999; and Maltby Contemporary Art, Winchester, 2000. Later solo exhibitions included Growing Concerns, Dorset County Museum, Dorchester, 2000, and Attendi Gallery, 2002, with one at Oliver Contemporary, 2006.