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Inside you will find Leslie's Travel Companion books & artwork.
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View post on Facebook >Saturday 26 March 2016 Ristorante San Trovaso Venice, Italy “All morning rambling around the mercato, up and down tiny alleyways and even tinier passages. One bridge went over the canal only to one person’s front door. Small shops were loaded with gorgeous handmade products, masks, toys, cards, and decorations.” https://www.leestudiotc.com/ — image from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journal: 2016 Italy, Venice (2016 03 26 Italy, Venice- Lunch at San Trovaso) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #customartwork #uniquegifts #travelart #artwork #Italy #Venice #RistoranteSanTrovaso
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View post on Facebook >Saturday 27 November 1999 Siena, Italy “Ate lunch at a rather American Trattoria, the ‘Bistrot of Actors.’ Up the tower at the D’uomo since the Dome itself was closed. Having some trouble scheduling eating and museums on Sunday–Mondays. The view from the tower is glorious. The D’uomo is right outside my bedroom window. Feel like the queen of Florence in this new room.” https://www.leestudiotc.com —image and excerpt from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journal: 1999 Italy (1999 11 27 Italy, Siena, Roof of the Certosa di Maggiano) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #travelart #artwork #customartwork #uniquegifts #Italy #Siena #D’uomo #CertosadiMaggiano
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View post on Facebook >Friday 16 May 2008 Newport House Newport, Ireland “This evening, we decided to cross the intersection at the bridge to have dinner at the Grainne Uaile pub. The other in our party left for the hotel and an early bedtime, leaving Froggie and me to listen to an evening of terrific music that started with three musicians, then became four. Then four musicians became eight. Soon there were five fiddles, two squeeze boxes, two flutes, one banjo, and two bouzoukis. A ceilidh! I watched, drew, sipped, and listened with delight.” https://www.leestudiotc.com/books/products/six-degrees-of-latitude-travel-tales-of-scotland-and-ireland.html — Excerpt and image from Six Degrees of Latitude: (2008 5 15 Ireland Newport, The Grainne Uaile, Then Four; 2008 5 15 Ireland Newport, The Grainne Uaile, Then Eight; 2008 5 15 Ireland Newport, The Grainne Uaile,Then Twelve) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #travelart #artwork #customartwork #uniquegifts #Ireland #CountyMayo #NewportHouse #TheGrainneUailePub
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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
- Piazza de la Signoria1999 11 30 Italy, Florence, Piazza de la Signoria
- Corrievrecken off Loch Melfort2014 09 26 Scotland, Loch Melfort, Corrievrecken
- Parknabinna #7 Wedge Tomb from the East2019 05 20 Ireland, Co. Clare, Parknabinna from East
- Travaasa Monkeypod Tree2014 12 00 Hawaii, Maui, Travaasa, Hana, Monkeypod Tree
- Portofino Mountain1999 04 26 Italy, Portofino Mountain, St. Sebastiano
- Sandy Ground2002 11 23 Anguilla, Sandy Ground, Johnnos Cove