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View post on Facebook >Tuesday 11 April 2023 continued Callanish Stones, Lewis, O.H. “In the images from last Monday’s post, compare the layout of the Callanish Stones to the layout of the stones forming the great cairn at Newgrange in Ireland. A couple of things—while it’s easy to understand why experts refer to the shape of the layouts as cruciform, I wish they would not. Cruciform refers to cross-shaped, and inevitably causes us to think of Christianity, which won’t exist until thousands of years after these constructions. Rather, think reproductive organs of women. At Newgrange, the passage is the vagina of Mother Earth. The side passages (cross) are the ovaries, and the uterus, where the magic takes place, is the cairn. The passage and cairn are fully underground, with a great dome of earth covering it. At the mid-winter sunrise, the sun shines down the passage to the uterus, passes over symbols of fertility and regeneration, and retreats for another year. The sun is the Father. I have no doubt that ceremonies were held to insure future regeneration.” —Excerpt and images from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journal: 2023 Ireland and Scotland, (Newgrange, Ireland. IMG_3933) https://www.leestudiotc.com/ #Ireland #DiscoverScotland #celtic #Scotland #IsleofLewis #OuterHebrides #CallanishStones #Newgrange #traveljournal #artwork #LeeStudio
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View post on Facebook >December 4, 2023 Tuesday 11 April 2023 continued Callanish Stones, Lewis, O.H. “Byrdie and I arrived among the standing stones of Callanish (Calanais) ignorant of their significance and eager to learn. What we were to find out that day challenged some of my deeply embedded biases. Perhaps it’s because we still live in a male-controlled culture and that the written history of our past was, and is, dominated by men. I simply assumed and imagined that the various standing stones of the world I’ve visited were designed and erected by men and that men presided over the ceremonies. Plus, I assumed the standing stones were phallic, a concrete sign of dominance and territory. But after my visit to the Callanish Stones, I see how wrong I was.” —Excerpt and images from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journal: 2023 Ireland and Scotland, (Callanish Stones Plan. IMG_8144. [From The Chambered Tombs of Scotland, Henshall] and Newgrange Plan, Ireland. IMG_8145) https://www.leestudiotc.com/ #Ireland #DiscoverScotland #celtic #Scotland #IsleofLewis #OuterHebrides #CallanishStones #traveljournal #artwork #LeeStudio
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View post on Facebook >Tuesday 11 April 2023 Broadbay House Bac, Isle of Lewis, O.H. Scotland “After signing in at the reception center, we donated, and paid to tour the display and movie. The information seemed accurate and in line with current archeology, data, and DNA. Good. With growing excitement, we climbed the gravelly path up the hill to the main collection of standing stones—so many! The tops of the stones emerged from the crest of the hill as we neared. They were huge and individualistic. Each stone seemed imbued with character of stance, natural cleft and minerals, and size. It was awesome to be among them, to touch them, lean against them, and to imagine who each stone represented. Few other people were there—it was if the site had been reserved just for us.” —Excerpt and images from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journal: 2023 Ireland and Scotland, (2023 04 11 -Callanish Standing Stones approach. IMG_5234) https://www.leestudiotc.com/ #Ireland #DiscoverScotland #celtic #Scotland #IsleofLewis #OuterHebrides #BroadBayHouse #traveljournal #artwork #LeeStudio
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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
- Pine on an Island2000 07 04 Alaska, Thomas Bay, Cascade Falls, Pine on an Island
- Three Geckos1996 03 24 Barbados, Three Geckos
- The Grand Canal from the Gritti Palace2016 03 30 Italy, Venice, The Grand Canal from the Gritti
- Madeline Island Ferry at Bayfield2015 10 10 Wisconsin, Apostle Island, Madeline Island Ferry
- Chaco Canyon Dwelling2015 03 30 Arizona, Chaco Canyon, Dwelling
- Close Harmony Duo at An Droichead Beag2010 11 11 Ireland, Dingle, Harmony at An Droichead Beag