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View post on Facebook >Tuesday 01 May 2007 O’Connor’s Pub Doolin, Ireland “We were all off to O’Connor’s Pub in Doolin for music. How I love this unofficial capitol of traditional music in Ireland, even with the tour buses flowing past for the Aran Islands tour, and the tourists packing in. Tables are tucked here and there around corners and in tiny rooms but mostly ranged around a U-shaped booth with a sign over it stating it was reserved for the musicians. The bar is peppered with emblems from police and fire departments from around the world stapled to the walls. Wooden surfaces are simple and worn.” https://www.leestudiotc.com/books/products/we-are-the-land-ireland.html https://www.leestudiotc.com/ —Excerpt from We Are the Land, Ireland 2nd Edition and image from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journal: 2024 Ireland (2024 03 20 Ireland, Doolin, at O'Connor's Pub, Vaughn, Noel O' Donoghue, Aine O' Donoghue) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #travelart #artwork #customartwork #uniquegifts #Ireland #Doolin #CountyClare #OConnorsPub
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View post on Facebook >Saturday 28 June 2003 Ballantrae, Scotland “Josie and I took off in search of Bruce’s Stone on Loch Trool. King of the Scots, Robert the Bruce’s victory over the English at the monument in 1307 began the fight for independence for Scotland that was decided in favor of the Scots at Bannockburn in 1314. Alone in the car without teenagers, Josie and I traveled the lovely, rolling, dipping, diving roads, hills, forests, and high moors of this part of Scotland. We felt free like children, and all day we stopped, started, and saw whatever we wanted.” https://www.leestudiotc.com/ —Excerpt and image from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journal: 2003 Scotland (2003 06 28 Scotland, Ballantrae, Map with Robert The Bruce Marker, crop) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #travelart #artwork #customartwork #uniquegifts #Scotland #Ballantrae #robertthebruce
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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 Grand Canal from The Hotel Monaco2016 04 01 Italy, Venice, From the Hotel Monaco
- Pueblo Bonito, Leaning Rock, Construction2004 11 22 New Mexico, Chaco, Pueblo Bonito, Rock
- Legannany Dolmen2010 10 28 Ireland, Co. Down, Legannany Dolmen
- The Old Cypress at the Post Ranch2014 12 00 California, Big Sur, Post Ranch, Cypress
- Ventry Ogham Stones2010 11 13 Ireland, Co. Kerry, Dingle, Ventry Ogham Stones
- View of the Bay Through Shutters2000 02 18 Antigua, Jumby Bay, View Through Shutters