Wild at Heart reflects a deep connection to wild places, the land, and the life within them. Drawn from Lori McNee’s backcountry adventures, photography, plein air studies, and lived experiences, these paintings begin with real wildlife encounters in the field and evolve through a combination of memory and imagination in her Idaho mountain and farm studios.

Often described as a tonal impressionist with luminist sensibilities, McNee’s work is less about strict realism and more about capturing light, atmosphere and presence. There is a quiet reverence at the core for places that feel increasingly fragile, and for the animals that move through them, and for the enduring spirit of the land and those who have lived in harmony with it. Moving between realism and impression, each piece seeks to capture the spirit of the animal and the soul of the landscape, offering not just a likeness, but the feeling of being there.

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