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Inside you will find Leslie's Travel Companion books & artwork.
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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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Sunday, 21 September 2014 Isle of Skye Scotland “Cruising along the East Coast of Skye. A bit misty with break out patches of blue. The air between the boat and shore is visible light fog that bathes the islands in subtle hues and shades. We passed the magnificent cliffy formation known as the Old Man of Storr.” https://www.leestudiotc.com/ — Excerpt and image from Six Degrees of Latitutde: (2014 9 21 Scotland Cruising off the East Coast of The Isle of Skye, The Old Man of Storr) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #artwork #Scotland #ScotlandTravel #IsleofSkye #InnerHebrides
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Tuesday, 16 April 2019 Mizen Head Peninsula County Cork, Ireland “We drove out to Mizen Head on the peninsula through exquisite villages and lanes of cascading flowers and shrubbery bursting with brilliant spring growth. We stopped at the marvelous Altar Dolmen, a megalithic tomb near Goleen. As always, for me, it was hair-raising and heartbreaking. I think of dolmens, portals to the Earth, as female and try to imagine the women honored by them. Standing stones in the landscape, I think of as male territorial markers. Standing at the Altar Dolmen facing west on a rise only fifty feet from the waves, the opening looked out over the ocean to the mountains beyond. Turned around, I looked up humpy hills that faded into the distance to the east. A small, detached chunk of shale snugged into the ground at the back of the dolmen—not touching or supporting anything. A close look at the natural breaks in the face of it revealed a pattern to me that mirrored the distant mountains across the water.” https://www.leestudiotc.com/ — Excerpt and image from The Hole Made by a Waterfall: (2019 04 16 Ireland, Mizen Head, Altar Dolman, back) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #artwork #Ireland #IrelandTravel #MizenHead #CountyCork
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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
- 2021 Scotland Road Map2021 Scotland Road Map
- Lunch at Harry’s Bar2016 03 24 Italy, Venice, Lunch at Harry’s Bar
- Legannany Dolmen2010 10 28 Ireland, Co. Down, Legannany Dolmen
- Entrance to Newgrange2007 04 19 Ireland, Co. Meath, Newgrange, Entrance
- White, Duignam and Brown at An Droichead Beag2010 11 11 Ireland, Dingle, Musicians at An Droichead Beag
- Map of Places of Interest in Southwest Ireland2019 09 18, Southwest Map, Places of Interest