Collection: Lori McNee

About Artist

About Lori McNee

Lori McNee is an American artist from the central mountains of beautiful Idaho. Her broad spectrum of artwork includes poetic studio landscapes, plein air studies, still life and wildlife oil paintings. Inspired by nature, Lori’s paintings reflect her love of the great outdoors and its creatures. Lori is a Signature Member of Oil Painters of America, the American Impressionist Society, the Heartland Art Club, and a member of the California Art Club. She is a certified Master Artist in Cobra Water-mixable Oil Paints and is an International Artist Ambassador for Royal Talens.

A popular art instructor, Lori conducts annual painting workshops in the United States and abroad. Lori also juggles a professional blogging, writing and public speaking career and ranks as an online influencer. Lori is the television host of “Art Beat with Lori McNee” with Eye on Sun Valley. Lori’s popular book, “Fine Art Tips with Lori McNee: Painting Techniques & Professional Advice,” is available on Amazon and in bookstores. Her helpful how-to painting video, “Luminous Landscape Painting with Lori McNee,” is available to be downloaded or on DVD.

Lori has been featured in numerous publications including Fine Art Connoisseur, Plein Air Magazine, Artist’s Magazine, Southwest Art, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, American Art Collector, and Western Art Collector, to name a few.

When not in her studio, Lori enjoys skiing and trekking mountaintops, photographing nature, working the family farm, playing with her grandkids, and teaching painting workshops around the world.