Portrait of Frances Perkins painted by Leigh Ruple. Leigh Ruple was born in 1984 in Ohio. She earned her BFA from The Cooper Union (New York City, NY) and her MFA from Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY). She has exhibited at Morgan Lehman Gallery, Halsey McKay Gallery, Marlborough Gallery, and The Suzanne Geiss Company. Her work has been reviewed by Painting is Dead, Art F City, ArtForum, and Time Out New York, amongst others. http://leighruple.com.