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Inside you will find Leslie's Travel Companion books & artwork.
Leslie's
Armchair Travel
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It’s Holiday shopping! Lee Studio has unique gift ideas for the travel lover in your life. Choose from original artwork notecards, travel-sized jigsaw puzzles, coasters and more! Or select “Leslie’s Field Guide to Ireland”–a pocket-sized reference book filled with information. Shop all of our offerings at www.leestudio.com. Please come in and visit our adorable “tiny studio” at 400 Cass Street, Traverse City, MI. Currently our hours are Wednesdays and Thursdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. https://www.leestudiotc.com/ #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #TraverseCity #customartwork #uniquegifts #travelart #artwork
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2007 04 24 Tuesday County Antrim, Portrush Ireland “They say the second serving of Guinness tastes like angel’s breath.” https://www.leestudiotc.com/ —Excerpt and image from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journal: 2007 Ireland, (2007 04 24 Ireland, Co, Antrim, Portrush, A Guinness) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #IrelandTravel #Ireland #CountyAntrim #Guinness
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“Then we go home to watch a patch of sun explore the floor, or learn to build a fortress against time with books and secret places of imagining, or find a way to heal in havens of retreat, and thank our line of ancestors who brought us here.” —Excerpt and image from Sacred Space, Pine Hollow https://www.leestudiotc.com/books/products/sacred-space-pine-hollow.html #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks
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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
- Ancient Way Café2012 02 10 New Mexico, El Moro, Ancient Way Café
- Chiesa Del Collegio1999 11 19 Italy, Sicily, Siracusa, Chiesa Del Collegio
- Williams, Barry, Kelleher, Williams at O'Connor's Pub2007 03 31 Ireland, Co. Clare, Doolin, Four Musicians
- Kinloch House2023 04 20 Scotland, Blairgowrie, Kinloch House
- Red Day Pack and Hat1998 00 00 Red Day Pack and Hat
- An Daingean Hillside2008 05 21 Ireland, Dingle, An Daingean Hillside