Leslie McNamara has been working for twenty-five years in the Santa Fe arts community. She moved to Santa Fe from a life of cattle ranching near Baker City, Oregon, where she had become regionally known for her paintings of cows. Her landscapes, often painted on location, speak to the sacredness of the land and explore light which appears clerestory or haloed. She is interested in landscape as icon and also paints saints in the historical local
Leslie McNamara has been working for twenty-five years in the Santa Fe arts community. She moved to Santa Fe from a life of cattle ranching near Baker City, Oregon, where she had become regionally known for her paintings of cows. Her landscapes, often painted on location, speak to the sacredness of the land and explore light which appears clerestory or haloed. She is interested in landscape as icon and also paints saints in the historical local tradition.