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SUMMARY:"Local Outdoor Scenes" by Plein Air Painter Ann Lees
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Born and raised in England’s dreary north, Lees has cha
nneled her creativity into moving toward the light. On a rainy November day
, at age 14, Lees viewed a Van Gogh exhibit in the sooty city of Manchester
, England. The brightness, bold color and beauty of the paintings stood in
such contrast to her surroundings that Lees cried. She describes the experi
ence as an epiphany.
Lees knew at that moment that she wanted
to paint – and in oils, but family life and career would sidetrack th
is ambition for many years. In the meantime, gardening became her creative
outlet.... After immigrating to the U.S. in 1980, she and her late husband Anth
ony Lees transformed many sad yards into lovely gardens at various residenc
es in upstate New York, New Jersey and eventually Wilmington. Each time the
y moved, Lees says, “I left my heart with the plants.”
Lees discovered her perfect professional situation when she opened the T
he English Garden, a nursery and garden shop located in Wilmington. Since t
he store’s closing in 2005, she took up painting in earnest and has f
ound that the plein air genre perfectly blends her two passions, nature and
art. She paints almost exclusively en plein air, retreating to the studio
only when weather keeps her from being outdoors.
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