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Inside you will find Leslie's Travel Companion books & artwork.
Leslie's
Armchair Travel
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Wednesday, 24 April 2019 County Cork Ireland “After a leisurely morning, we were off to visit the Drombeg Stone Circle on the other side of Glandore. Gorgeous being there. I sat up on the rise and painted the Stone Circle, the hills and the ocean beyond. It is clear that this place was used for ceremonial purposes at the very least and may have had astronomical significance as well. The standing stones are always surprising, because only when you are right next to them, do you realize how much larger they are than you first thought. It makes you wonder where the stones were from and how people managed to convey them to this site." https://www.leestudiotc.com/ — Excerpt and image from The Hole Made by A Waterfall: (2019 04 24 Ireland, Drom Beg Stone Circle) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #Ireland #IrelandTravel #IrelandMap #CountyCork #DromBegStoneCircle
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“What was the land like at the dawn of modern humans? Imagine a blank sheet of ice covering the northern hemisphere to around the 50th parallel, not far from modern Moscow. South of this ice existed a polar desert for hundreds of miles. South of that stretched a giant swath of tundra, or grassy steppe, from east to west from Mongolia to the Balkans, a veritable conveyor belt for large game and the humans who hunted them.” https://www.leestudiotc.com/ — Excerpt and image from Leslie’s Field Guide to Ireland: (2007 04 11 Ireland Map, The Steppes) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #Ireland #IrelandTravel #IrelandMap
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Tuesday, 14 November 2017 Seattle, Washington “The Earth views of a larger perspective flow below, as if we were a huge all-knowing eagle. Geology explains itself—cliffs are gouged, river oxbows have been abandoned, winding canyons dig deep gashes as if they were chiseled.” https://www.leestudiotc.com/ — Excerpt and image from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journal: (2017 11 14 Washington, Seattle, East of Seattle—Mt. Baker—Snowqualmie Mountains) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #artwork #Seattle #Washington #Mt.Baker-SnoqualmieNationalForest
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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
- The Minch off Gairloch2003 06 17 Scotland, Isle of Skye, The Minch off Gairloch
- Drom Beg Stone Circle2019 04 24 Ireland, Co. Cork, Drom Beg Stone Circle
- Camperdown Elm, Betty Beeby, Artist1996 06 24 Michigan, Mancelona
- Champion Lilac on Mackinac Island2013 06 09 Michigan, Mackinac Island, Champion Lilac
- Fruit and Pepper Grinder2018 03 25 Italy, Torcello, Fruit and Pepper Grinder
- Coffee at Osteria Santo Spirito1999 11 29 Italy, Florence, Coffee at Osteria Santo Spirito