Nealy May Riley is a contemporary wildlife painter. Her work frequently combines oil and gold or metal leafing harmonizing three-dimensional form and graphic patterns and shape. Nealy creates a balance of expression and realism capturing the spiritual essence of animals and placing them in an ethereal symbolic space.Nealy has a Master of Fine Art from the Savannah College of Art and Design. After a career in Graphic Design and teaching at the collegiate level, she and her family now live in Utah where she p­aints and enjoys the wildlife of the Mountain West.