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Inside you will find Leslie's Travel Companion books & artwork.
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View post on Facebook >Wednesday 30 April 2008 Ullapool, Scotland “I love it here. We’re having a whiskey and Guinness because the café isn’t open yet and we’re not able to eat until noon. Susie and I have the Glenmorangie (rhymes with orange), considered to be one of the world’s most prized single malt Highland whiskies.” https://www.leestudiotc.com/ —Excerpt and image from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journal: 2008 Scotland (2008 04 30 Scotland Ullapool, Snit of Glenmorangie) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #travelart #Scotland #Ullapool #Glenmorangie # ScotchWhiskey #artwork #customartwork #uniquegifts
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View post on Facebook >Monday 30 June 2003 Edinburgh, Scotland “We were then welcomed to our research in and among the oldest original records in Scotland. Like a moth to a candle flame, I stopped at every shelf, touched the vellum scrolls, opened ledgers with columns of items that had been bought, sold, or traded long ago. I was in awe; Josie wanted a Guinness. At last, she dragged me away to the Café Royal Bar, which is just next to the Register House and archives where we’d spent the morning.” https://www.leestudiotc.com/ —Excerpt and image from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journal: 2003 Scotland (2003 6 30 Scotland, Edinburgh, Café Royal Bar) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #travelart #Scotland #Edinburgh #CaféRoyalBar #artwork #customartwork #uniquegifts
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View post on Facebook >Monday 30 June 2003 Edinburgh, Scotland “We’re in Edinburgh at last. We’re sitting at the Creelers restaurant with Josie, Mac, Whit, and Jessie. The owners, Tim and Fran, have a boat on Arran Island. The food here is fresh seafood with—yum—champagne. A polyglot of languages—Italian, Chinese, Indian, Scots—arises from the diners.” https://www.leestudiotc.com/ —Excerpt and image from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journal: (2003 06 30 Scotland, Edinburgh, Creelers Restaurant) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #travelart #Scotland #Edinburgh #CreelersRestaurant #artwork #customartwork #uniquegifts
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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
- View North from Schull Cottages2019 04 18 Ireland, Schull, View North from the Cottage
- Gondola from the Gritti Palace2016 03 30 Italy, Venice, From the Gritti Palace, Gondola
- A Ceidhle at Ballyhannon Castle2010 09 12 Ireland, Co. Clare, Quin, Blackie, Hugh, Cyril
- Pine on an Island2000 07 04 Alaska, Thomas Bay, Cascade Falls, Pine on an Island
- Toward Casa Bonito2015 03 30 Arizona, Chaco Canyon, Toward Casa Bonito
- Wine and Knife at Guy Savoy2005 03 27 France, Paris, Guy Savoy, Glass of Wine, Knife