Painting has always been a must for me. It crept up on me consumed me and took over my life. I never really had a choice in the matter. I woke up one day and decided that was what I was going to do for the rest of my life, and that was the beginning and the end of it.
My desire to paint comes from nature, the beauty of it, and the desire to share that experience with people who perhaps don’t see it or can’t. So I go out into the wilderness, and capture it on canvas, and bring it back so that I can share the wonderful feelings it gives me.
The rewards not only come from the ability to capture these moments on canvas, but from the letters e-mails and phone calls from people around the world telling me that they just saw a sunset, another Leyda Campbell sky, snow scene or sunrise on a mountain.
This gives me great pleasure.