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View post on Facebook >Monday 03 July 2000 Near Chatham Strait Alaska “Up at 5:30 when the boat slowed. Walk around the boat – watching for two hours. Gorgeous morning. Plans are to zodiac this morning near the Bay of Pillars and kayak this afternoon. Out on deck in the 50° weather, sun, and breeze—we saw whales. For two hours everyone on the boat watched them. Over and over, they dove, their distinctive flukes floated over the ocean surface, then slowly disappeared.” https://www.leestudiotc.com —Excerpt and image from Leslie’s Travel Companion Journal: 2000 Alaska (2000 07 03 Alaska, Near Chatham Strait, Trawler Out the Window of The Seabird) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #travelart #artwork #customartwork #uniquegifts #Alaska #ChathamStrait #TheSeabird
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View post on Facebook >Sunday 22 June 2003 Airds Hotel, Port Appin Argyll, Scotland “We sent Donald off with our bags to be taken to the Airds for an additional 160 pounds sterling, then drove “straight on” to the Airds in Port Appin, which means it was anything but straightforward, thanks to one-lane roads, mountain passes, and the great glen. The public rooms are charming, overstuffed, and overheated, filled with guests each in their own group. We settled in and dined. The food was excellent, flavorful, light, and delightful. The hotel is on the road, not on the sea as the advertising photography implied. We played Scrabble after dinner until after 1:00 a.m.” 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: (2003 6 21 Scotland, Argyll, Port Appin, Airds Hotel, View from Room 20-crop) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #travelart #artwork #customartwork #uniquegifts #Scotland #PortAppin #Argyll #AirdsHotel
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View post on Facebook >Thursday 1 May 2008 Inverlochy Castle Hotel Fort William, Scotland “Inverlochy Castle sits under Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in Scotland. We found the approach to the castle on the first try and wound our way through woods on the drive up a rise. The car barely fit inside the drop-off, old as it was, with its stone arches. With the bags strapped on top, it looked like the Clampetts of Beverly Hillbillies fame had arrived.” 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 1 Scotland Fort William, Inverlochy Castle, Ben Nevis crop) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #travelart #artwork #customartwork #uniquegifts #Scotland #FortWilliam #InverlochyCastleHotel
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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
- Beam of Pine, A Doorway and Wall Cross Section2004 11 22 New Mexico, Chaco, Pine Beam, Doorways, Wall
- Parknabinna #7 Wedge Tomb from the East2019 05 20 Ireland, Co. Clare, Parknabinna from East
- Field at Elk Lane2015 10 04 Colorado, Eagle, Vail, Field at Elk Lane
- A Port Appin Cottage2003 06 25 Scotland, Argyll, Port Appin, A Cottage
- At the Coyote Café1999 08 08 New Mexico, Santa Fe, At the Coyote Café
- Standing Stone in County Clare on Inish Orr Island2010 10 16 Ireland, Inish Orr Island, Standing Stone