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Saturday 24 March 2001 St. Martin “I’m on the kinder end of a long journey—bathed, sipping gin, and olives, unpacked. La Samanna, St. Martin, West Indies. We bobbed on huge, rolling surf watching the sun set here in Baie Longue. On our strip of sand we look to the southwest. There is an intriguing mountain island on our horizon, like Bali Hai. Prevailing winds are from the south. We have palm trees, sea grape shrubs, bougainvillea, and rattan on our patios, and a deep sloping beach to the sea. Sometimes, there are fifty people scattered along the sandy mile… in the water or in chairs, and sometimes, we are the only people visible.” —Excerpt and images from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journals: 2001 St. Martin (2001 03 24 St. Martin, La Samanna, Candle and 2001 03 24 St. Martin, La Samanna, Trees Through Arch) https://www.leestudiotc.com/ #LeeStudio #artwork #traveljournal #StMartin #LaSamanna
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Thursday 2 October 2014 Scotsman Hotel, Edinburgh Scotland “We love our setup at the Scotsman Hotel with their corner views, living room-dining room, and writer’s nook. The city is vibrant, with people of all ages rushing, some dressed for the office, most in local styles of tights, skirts, boots, short jackets, long shirts hanging down, and scarves. Love it all. Now we’re at Hadrian’s Bar on our way from the bus hub, talking over a tea about our experiences in Scotland. Tomorrow we leave and return to the regular stresses of life. This trip has been a true adventure, a reward for hard work done well, and a treasure for both of us. The beauty of travel is that the shared memories stay with you forever. Even now, as I compile this book seven years later, the remembrances are vivid, and the warm feelings of friendship have only grown. Byrdie and I still work together every day and are planning our next trip.” —Excerpt and image from Six Degrees of Latitude, Travel Tales of Scotland and Ireland: (2014 2014 10 2 Scotland Edinburgh, Hadrian's Head) https://www.leestudiotc.com/books/products/six-degrees-of-latitude-travel-tales-of-scotland-and-ireland.html #LeeStudio #artwork #traveljournal #travelbooks #Scotland #ScotsmanHotel #Edinburgh A bust of Hadrian at Hadrian’s Bar:
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Tuesday 30 September 2014 Cullodon House, Invernesshire Scotland “The next morning, the manager, who seemed to wear many hats, recommended several local places not to be missed. One was Clava Cairns, and off we went. Between two soft ridges of hills, along a stream, we pulled into a smallish parking area. Three cairns, four thousand years old, rested under a grove of old-growth beech trees. I stood near the first one, transfixed for a time. As I stepped slowly toward the next cairn, the air surrounding me rattled. Chitit-ditit-dih. With each step toward the cairn, the sound grew louder, and I approached in awe. Simultaneously, the wind rose as a wave, shaking the beech leaves. Chechecheche-cheche. If I paused, the wind and sound diminished. When I stepped again, they soared. As I neared the third cairn, the wind rose in all the trees with the fulsome sound of rattling copper leaves.” —Excerpt and image from Six Degrees of Latitude, Travel Tales of Scotland and Ireland: (2014 09 30 Scotland, Culloden, Clava Cairns) https://www.leestudiotc.com/books/products/six-degrees-of-latitude-travel-tales-of-scotland-and-ireland.html #LeeStudio #artwork #traveljournal #travelbooks #Scotland #CullodenHouse #Inverness
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“I was completely charmed by this insightful and heartfelt portrait of Ireland. Leslie Lee’s descriptions of the people she met and the places she visited are so well written, so immediate, that I felt like I was there.” Jerry Dennis, Michigan Author
About the Artist
Not formally trained in art, Leslie began to draw when she traveled as a way to see more clearly what was around her. She carried a notebook, pen and tiny paint kit instead of a camera, and when everyone else was clicking away, she whipped out her kit and painted—fast. The simplicity of her paint palette and the speed with which she painted has become her signature style.
Northwest Lower Michigan defines her. She considers herself part of the landscape among the bluestems and butterfly weed, beneath the cedars, willows, and maple trees. The wind of the woods and water speak her language and sing the songs of her childhood. How will a visitor know us if we don’t know who we are? How will we venture out in the world if we have nothing of ourselves to offer? If we treasure our origins, we take these gifts out to the world as we travel, and come home again, enriched twice over. Wherever we are, every day, we create the story and the adventure of our lives. Here are her favorite stories and drawings.
After a lifetime of writing and painting in the margins of work and family, now semi-retired, Leslie has made it a priority to share. Thirty years of travel journals and paintings have been dusted off, edited, and excerpted and will be appearing here on her website as books, fine art, folded note cards and postcards, and other gifts and products for sale.
Leslie's Note Cards
All of our fine art reproductions use archival inks and paper and are suitable for framing. Giclee is another term for this process. The color and quality of the reproductions are so impeccable, it’s difficult to tell they’re not the originals until you turn them over to read the printed details of the image. Framed, they look great on the wall and make wonderful gifts.
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Leslie's Artwork
- Coffee Pot and Cup at the Locanda Cipriani2018 03 26 Italy, Venice, Torcello, Coffee Pot and Cup
- Spring Lighthouse in Blue2020 02 20 Michigan, Elk Rapids, Spring Lighthouse Blue
- Pueblo Bonito, Leaning Rock, Construction2004 11 22 New Mexico, Chaco, Pueblo Bonito, Rock
- View North from Schull Cottages2019 04 18 Ireland, Schull, View North from the Cottage
- Ernesto's Mange Bene2016 03 25 Italy, Venice, Ernesto’s, Mange Bene
- The Ring of Brodgar on Orkney2014 09 28 Scotland, Orkney, Ring of Brodgar