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2007 Turks & Caicos “What an amazingly beautiful place. The beach was the most beautiful crushed coral, and the blues of the water I’m sorry I didn’t try to capture it. We had a distant reef, a steady breeze, and miles of great beach walking. The hotel was really condos—The Ocean Club West—three stories high with full kitchens, deep screened porches and more than half the people there were residents with a varied mix of ages which made for a more relaxed, less touristic feel that I liked very much.” —Excerpt and images from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journals: 2007 Turks & Caicos (2007 02 21 Turks and Caicos, Providenciales, Da Conch Shack, Connie and Jan and 2007 02 22 Turks & Caicos, Providenciales, Ocean Club, Gecko Bar & Grill Cafe, Appetizers) https://www.leestudiotc.com/ #LeeStudio #artwork #traveljournal #Turks&Caicos #DaConchShack #OceanClub
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Friday 21 January 2005 Caneel Bay Partly cloudy and sunny, 80°’s “This was the day of the snorkeling. We sorted gear and after breakfast tried it all on in the water to see if it worked. In the process saw lots of cute little fish right in Caneel Bay along the rock wall from the party room. Picked up our picnic lunches and got some glorious shots of us in the edge of the water with palm trees while waiting for our boat. We were off at about 12:40 and circled the island to the south heading for Salt Pond Bay where the sea was not rough and the fish were everywhere. One brown and tan one looked like a patchwork quilt—tried to photograph it but doubt it worked. Snorkeled for an hour or so, then picnicked on the boat after which we drove farther on to Coral Bay and on to Hurricane Hole where some got in the water in this deserted cove.” —Excerpt and images from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journals: 2005 St. John (2005 01 22 St. Johns, Caneel Bay, Juma Johns Band) https://www.leestudiotc.com/ #LeeStudio #artwork #traveljournal #StJohn #USVirgin Islands #CaneelBay
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Thursday 20 January 2005 Caneel Bay “We flew the Citation X in last night after a two hour delay during which we spent playing Wheel of Fortune in the Harbor Air lounge room. Roy had taken good care of us with snacks and beer for there as well as for each of rooms. Caneel Bay logo, is it a cross section of a shell? Had a lovely buffet breakfast then Sheila, Margaret, and I went to get the rental car in Cruz Bay—the bustling little town on the Island. Houses stack up and down the hills like Positano, Italy.” —Excerpt and images from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journals: 2005 St. John (2005 01 20 St. Johns, Caneel Bay, 2 Pink Flowers) https://www.leestudiotc.com/ #LeeStudio #artwork #traveljournal #StJohn #USVirgin Islands #CaneelBay
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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
- Sunflowers in a Blue Pitcher1999 07 00 Michigan, Sunflowers in a Blue Pitcher
- Pine on an Island2000 07 04 Alaska, Thomas Bay, Cascade Falls, Pine on an Island
- Standing Stone in County Clare on Inish Orr Island2010 10 16 Ireland, Inish Orr Island, Standing Stone
- Altar Dolmen, Looking to the Bay2019 04 16 Ireland, Mizen Head, Altar Dolmen, back
- Champion Lilac on Mackinac Island2013 06 09 Michigan, Mackinac Island, Champion Lilac
- Central Basin inside Newgrange2007 04 19 Ireland, Co. Meath, Newgrange, Central Basin