Leslie Landers – Leslie Landers

Spring Dogwood

6″ x 6″ oil on panel

Yosemite dogwoods announce the beginning of spring. Here, we are enjoying them with Tenaya Creek in the background.

Wild Azalea

6″ x 6″ oil on panel

In this painting, I am taking in the white azalea underneath the redwood trees in Mariposa Grove catch the dappled light.

Milky Way, Yosemite

6″ x 6″ oil on panel

In this piece, I am enjoying a starry night sky illuminating Cathedral Peak in the Yosemite high country.

Yosemite Winter

6″ x 6″ oil on panel

In this piece we are taken to a bend in the Merced River just after snowfall.

Rocks and Spires

6″ x 6″ oil on panel

The late afternoon sun rakes across the meadow and glows in front of Cathedral Rocks and Spires.

Mariposa Grove (Upper)

6″ x 6″ oil on panel

This piece is focused on a canopy of redwood trees. It is part of a diptych which takes in the full height of these tall redwood trees in Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove.

This piece is part of diptych focused on a few trees in Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove. I visited the forest for the first time in a long time and loved seeing all of the wild azalea flowers in bloom underneath the tall trees.

Mariposa Grove

12″ x 6″ oil on panel

I find painting redwoods to be really challenging. For this diptych I leaned into the height and focused on a few trees in a cluster.

Beneath Bridalveil

6″ x 6″ oil on panel

I painted this from a footbridge at the base of Bridalveil falls. While I was in the spot things started to get busy so I decided to finish it up later at another spot in Yosemite Valley. Having blocked in the pattern of the lights and darks, I was able to incorporate the colors and feelings of the rushing water even though I wasn’t in the exact same spot.

Beneath The Merced

6″ x 6″ oil on panel

I started this in a quiet shady spot next to the Merced River in Yosemite. As I was wrapping it up things got busy so when I look at this I happily remember the exuberant sounds of kids jumping into the flow from across the river. Perfect for a hot summer day.