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Wednesday 5 October 2011 Bar Harbor, Maine “We’re at Testa’s in Bar Harbor where we have twenty percent off. Crab cakes and prime rib and cocktails. A cold wind blasts up the main street in Bar Harbor. The boats and ships lay at anchor point up wind—all sizes from sixteen footers, to cruise ships, to the Coast Guard Cutter.” — Excerpt and image from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journal: 2011 Canada, Nova Scotia (2011 10 05 Maine, Eastport, Sailboat at Anchor) https://www.leestudiotc.com #LeeStudio #Maine #BarHarbor #Eastport #TestasBar&Grill #customartwork #uniquegifts #travelart #artwork
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Wednesday 18 June 2003 Plockton, Duncraig Castle Scotland “The terrain looks like Lake Superior Provincial Park at home—the same clamber, rocks, formations and bays. I’ve read that Scotland floated away from Canada some millions of years ago and rammed into England at the approximate boundary—and it certainly looks to have done so.” — Excerpt and image from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journal: 2003 Plockton, Scotland (2003 6 18 Scotland, Plockton, Duncraig Castle) https://www.leestudiotc.com #LeeStudio #Scotland #Plockton #DuncraigCastle #customartwork #uniquegifts #travelart #artwork
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Thursday 25 March 2006 Acoma Pueblo New Mexico “The Antelope Clan of the Acoma Pueblo rules and always has. The Acoma never made treaties with the U.S., or Spain, or Rome and all of them recognize the sovereignty of the Acoma for themselves. Before going down onto the plateau floor we stopped at a little blue camper perched out on a very windy point. Inside was Joe who gave us hugs. I bought a coral ring and an Acoma jet ring. I gave him a Petoskey stone. Also gave one to the kind lady at the Galisteo Inn who fed us.” — Excerpt and image from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journal: 2006 New Mexico (2006 03 25 New Mexico, Canyon Near Acoma Pueblo) https://www.leestudiotc.com #LeeStudio #AcomaPueblo #NewMexico #customartwork #uniquegifts #travelart #artwork
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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
- Map of Places of Interest in Ireland by Region2019 10 02 Ireland, Combine Ireland Map, Brown
- Map of Southwest Cork2007 4 11 Ireland, Southwest Cork
- The Grand Canal from The Hotel Monaco2016 04 01 Italy, Venice, From the Hotel Monaco
- Bird on My Plate1996 03 29 Barbados, Bird on My Plate
- Lavender at the Spring Lighthouse2011 07 16 Michigan, Elk Rapids, Lavender at Home
- Williams, Barry, Kelleher, Williams at O'Connor's Pub2007 03 31 Ireland, Co. Clare, Doolin, Four Musicians