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Artist

Leslie Hauer

United States

Born in 1948

Joined Artisor: November 2024

Artist Stats

Total pieces for sale: 1

Bio

Leslie Ann Hauer returned to painting after career and family, and a journey through a variety of artistic pursuits including ceramics and fiber arts. She lives and works in the semi-arid east side of Washington State. While she has had no formal training, she is an avid student of art and artists. Currently she works primarily in oils. 

She finds inspiration in drama in nature, the patterns of light and shadow and moving water. She looks for the details that are often overlooked within the vastness of the Western landscape, the shape of rocks and flowers, the mystery of aging structures.

Leslie has had works accepted in juried shows around the country, including at the WaterWorks Art Museum, Miles City, Montana (awarded “Honorable Mention” for “Contemplating”), the Annual Central Washington Artists Exhibition at Larson Gallery, Yakima Washington, the Wallowa Valley Festival of Arts, Joseph, Oregon, 1st and 2nd Inland Northwest Juried Landscape Art Exhibitions, and the Emerald Spring Exhibition, at the Emerald Art Center, Springfield, Oregon, among others. Her painting “Lostine River Riffle” was awarded “Best Work in Oil” at the 2019 Wallowa Valley Festival of Art Juried Show, “Honorable Mention” for “Swirls” at the Central Washingon Artists Exhibit in 2020, and “Judge’s Choice” for the painting “Passages” at the 2020 “Wild Landscapes” Exhibit at the Josephy Center, both in Joseph, Oregon. 

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I am drawn to the abstract qualities within the reality of the landscape, the light and shadow, shape and color. I find joy (and frustration) in trying to catch the moment in time while painting en plein air. Some images, some scenes within the landscape, call me to paint. Often that involves details like rocks or flowers, the “little picture” rather than the broad, sometimes overwhelming Western landscape. 

Recent Juried Shows and Awards:

Allied Arts Gallery at the Park, Richland, Washington – Showcase of work from the Bears Ears National Monument AIR, 2024

High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon, Art in the West Exhibition – 2020, 2023

Larson Gallery, Yakima Valley Community College, Yakima, Washington, Annual Central Washington Artists Exhibit – juried show; “Honorable Mention” for “Swirls”, 2020; 

Wallowa Valley Festival of the Arts, Joseph, Oregon – juried show; “Best Work in Oil” for “Lostine River Riffle”, 2019

Waterworks Museum, Miles City, Montana, paintings accepted for the Annual Juried Show and Traveling Show – “Honorable Mention” for “Contemplating”, 2010.

Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington, First and Second “Close In” Juried Exhibit – 2018, 2024

Emerald Art Center, Annual Spring Juried Show – juried show. 

13th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Idaho Falls Arts Council – 2021

Works also have been accepted for other juried shows and exhibits including the annual Allied Arts Juried Show (Richland, Washington), Biennial Wings & Water Exhibition (Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin), various themed exhibits at the Josephy Center (Joseph, Oregon), and shows sponsored by the Plein Air Artists of Washington, among others. 

Other Activities:

Plein Air Glacier — Accepted to participate, 2020, 2022, 2023.

Douglas Land Conservancy Plein Air Event – Accepted to participate in 2019 

2017 Artist in Residence, Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. The appointment involved spending two weeks on-site, in April and October. Donated “Kettle River, April”. 2023 Artist in Residence, Cascade Siskiyou National Monument. 2023 Artist in Residence, Bears Ears National Monument (served in the spring, 2024).

No previous artwork sold