| BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
Leather became famous locally for horticulture, in particular growing and selling lavender. She also tied flies for fishing, and sold some of her watercolours.
She exhibited with the Island Arts and Crafts Society from 1911 to 1941.
She exhibited at the Vancouver Exhibition in 1926.
She was widowed when she died in Duncan in 1957 at the age of 95, her occupation noted as "home duties" according to B.C. Vital Statistics on-line database.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
| 1911 Oct. 5 - 7 | IACS Alexandra Club 2nd Annual | Cottage and Darwin Tulips |
| Parrott Tulips | ||
| Afterglow on Cowichan River | ||
| Gathering Lavender | ||
| Salt Spring Island | ||
| Maple Bay | ||
| Calochortus | ||
| Broom on Beacon Hill | ||
| 1912 Oct. 17 - 19 | IACS Alexandra Club 3rd Annual | Beacon Hill in June |
| Forest at Glacier | ||
| Indian House, Quamichan | ||
| Lake Louise | ||
| Lake Louise | ||
| On the North Thompson | ||
| Maple Bay | ||
| Dog Wood | ||
| 1913 Oct. 16 - 18 | IACS Alexandra Club 4th Annual | Mount Prevost |
| Hollyhocks, Mereside | ||
| Lavender | ||
| A Quiet Corner | ||
| Nanaimo | ||
| 1914 Nov. 19 - 21 | IACS Alexandra Club 5th Annual | A Cloudy Day |
| Quamichan Lake | ||
| Tzouhalem Mountain | ||
| Douglas Firs | ||
| 1915 Nov. 23 - 27 | IACS Union Bank Bldg. 6th Annual | Broom, North Cowichan |
| Residence of C.E. Bromilow, Somenos | ||
| Early Morning, Quamichan Lake | ||
| 1918 Jan. 14 - 18 | IACS Pemberton Bldg. 9th Annual | Evening, Chisholme Arm |
| Mt. Provost | ||
| October, Quamichan | ||
| Fishing Flies (crafts) | ||
| 1919 Oct. 23 - 29 | IACS Belmont Bldg. 10th Annual | Chisholme's Arm, Maple Bay |
| Indian Village, Cowichan Bay | ||
| Spring in Oak Park | ||
| July, Mereside | ||
| Amongst the Lavender | ||
| Long Lake, Okanagan | ||
| Comass and Buttercups | ||
| The Thyme Border | ||
| 1920 Oct. 25 - 30 | IACS Belmont Bldg. 11th Annual | Autumn, Quamichan Lake |
| Cowichan River | ||
| "That Cat" | ||
| 1921 Oct. 18 - 25 | IACS Belmont Bldg. 12th Annual | Quamichan Lake |
| Jumella, Maple Bay | ||
| Maple Cove | ||
| Collection of Flies (crafts) | ||
| 1923 Oct. 23 - 30 | IACS H.B.C. Bldg. 14th Annual | Mereside Lavender |
| Mt. Arrowsmith | ||
| Cowichan River | ||
| 1926 Oct. 19 - 30 | IACS Crystal Garden 17th Annual | Our Lane End, Quamichan Lake |
| Totem Pole on the Spit, Campbell River | ||
| Summer Time | ||
| An Interior | ||
| 1927 Oct. 25 - 31 | IACS Belmont Bldg. 18th Annual | Mereside |
| Sansum Narrows | ||
| An Interior | ||
| Autumn, Quamichan Lake | ||
| Poppies at Mereside | ||
| 1928 Oct. 23 - 31 | IACS Belmont Bldg. 19th Annual | Quamichan Lake |
| Spring, Oak Park, V.I. | ||
| An Interior | ||
| A Potato Field | ||
| The New Schyartus | ||
| 1930 Oct. 28 - Nov. 8 | IACS Board of Trade Bldg. 21st Annual | Maple Bay |
| Summer, Mereside | ||
| Quamichan Rancherie | ||
| 1931 Oct. 20 - 31 | IACS Belmont Bldg. 22nd Annual | The Lavender Walk |
| Quamichan Lake | ||
| Quamichan Lake | ||
| 1932 Oct. 11 - 22 | IACS Belmont Bldg. 23rd Annual | A Corner of Quamichan Lake |
| Quamichan Lake Looking North | ||
| 1933 Oct. 24 - Nov. 4 | IACS Belmont House 24th Annual | Harvest Time |
| 1935 Nov. 4 - 9 | IACS Belmont House 26th Annual | Lavender at Mereside |
| Quamichan Lake | ||
| 1936 Oct. 26 - 31 | IACS Coast Hall 27th Annual | Peep of Quamichan Lake |
| Christmas Roses | ||
| Christmas Roses | ||
| 1938 Oct. 22 - 29 | IACS Belmont House 29th Annual | Christmas Roses |
| Winter Acomites | ||
| Spring is Coming | ||
| 1940 April 8 - 13 | IACS Crystal Garden 30th Exhibition | Quamichan Lake |
| Lavender Time | ||
| A Grass Path | ||
| 1941 April 28 - May 3 | IACS Crystal Garden 31st Exhibition | Mount Tzouhalem |
| Quamichan Lake | ||
| Qualicum |
ISLAND ARTS AND CRAFTS SOCIETY - List of Exhibitors
ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX OF ARTISTS IN CANADA
(refer to BIAC03)
2 references to Harper (above) and Dictionary of Women Artists (Petteys).
B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (refer to BCVS)
MEMORIES NEVER LOST compiled by the Pioneer Researchers
"Stories of the pioneer women of the Cowichan Valley and a Brief History of the Valley 1850-1920"
Includes a 3-page biography of Leather, including information from her Diary at the Provincial Archives
ISBN 0-88925-724-8, hardcover, published 1986.