Since 1992, Ananda Leeke has worked as a mixed media artist.  Leeke's creative expression is a melange of art and words inspired by yoga, meditation, spirituality, Reiki healing touch, green living, world culture and travel, volunteerism, the U Street neighborhood, Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, and technology.  Several of her paintings decorate the covers of her books, Love’s Troubadours: Karma - Book One (2007) and That Which Awakens Me: A Creative Woman’s Poetic Memoir (2009).  Her mixed media collages, wire sculptures, and paintings have been exhibited in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, New York City, North Carolina, and Kentucky.  Heart and Soul featured her artwork in 2001.  Click here to learn more.