Leslie Wu

The paintings of Leslie Wu are gleaned from memory, experience, and observation reflecting a deep inquiry into how landscape effects our psyche. The work is influenced by the subtle landscape paintings of the 19th century “Luminists” who focused on the effects of light and atmosphere within a composition. Wu’s paintings are a visual autobiography, one that recalls generations of her central New York family that embraced the beauty of the land they farmed, and more recently informed by her surroundings in the Pacific Northwest.

Leslie Wu received her BFA from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Since that time, she has worked as an art director & in 1983 launched her career in painting. She has had one person and group exhibitions throughout the United States and her work is held in numerous private and public collections including the Rockford Museum, IL, the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, NY, Harborview Medical Center, and the King County Public Art Collection, Seattle, WA.