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Inside you will find Leslie's Travel Companion books & artwork.
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View post on Facebook >Lee Studio is a virtual art studio where the books and fine art reproductions of Leslie Lee are available for purchase. Many items have been requested over the years, as gifts or additions to special travel collections, and therefore we decided to offer our most popular items and make them more readily available. Art is meant to be enjoyed... Welcome to Lee Studio! https://www.leestudiotc.com/ #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #customartwork #uniquegifts #travelart #artwork #TraverseCity #Michigan
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View post on Facebook >Thursday 24 March 2016 Venice, Italy “On the terrace in our walled courtyard. Today we’re off to San Marco and the Piazza, then up the Grand Canal slowly. With those tourist sites out of the way, we’ll then see back-alley Venice.” https://www.leestudiotc.com/ —Excerpt and image from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journal: 2016 Italy, Venice (2016 03 24 Italy, Venice- Courtyard of 1038 Rio Tera dela Carita) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #travelart #artwork #customartwork #uniquegifts #Venice #Italy
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View post on Facebook >Saturday 18 November 2017 Mt. Ranier Seattle, WA “Took off into the neighborhood searching for the best view of Mt. Ranier. The mountain was out of the clouds–’she had lifted her skirts’ as quoted from a famous line. Found her at the elementary school on top of west Seattle.” https://www.leestudiotc.com —image and excerpt from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journal: 2017 Seattle Washington (2017 11 18 Washington, Mt Ranier) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #travelart #artwork #customartwork #uniquegifts #MtRanier #Seattle #Washington
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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
- Walking the Bar2011 10 09 Maine, Bar Harbor, Walking the Bar
- Crabfeed Carnage2000 07 04 Alaska, MV Seabird, Baranof Island, Crabfeed
- Tanque Verde Bike Shop2006 02 14 Arizona, Tanque Verde Ranch, Bike Shop
- Portrait of Ted McCormack, Ugly as Sin, So He Says2010 09 27 Ireland, Co. Clare, Doolin, McGann's, McCormac
- Fiddler's Traditional Irish Music Shop2007 03 31 Ireland, Ballyvaughan, Fiddler's Music Shop
- The Minch off Gairloch2003 06 17 Scotland, Isle of Skye, The Minch off Gairloch