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| Emilie Lee |
After earning a degree in illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design,
Emilie Lee spent four years working as a freelance illustrator before
discovering the world of academic painting. Initially she studied for a year
with Utah painter Kamille Corry before moving to New York City to spend
four years studying with Jacob Collins in the Water Street Atelier at the
Grand Central Academy of Art. She has been selected to participate in the
prestigious Hudson River Fellowship for the past three summers and she
teaches landscape painting workshops at the Grand Central Academy of
Art. Emilie also writes for the Grand Central Academy blog which she
founded in 2008.
After falling in love with rock climbing at age fifteen, Emilie spent the next
eleven years pursuing the life of a nomadic climber - honing her skills on the
vertical terrain of twenty different U.S. states as well as Canada, France, and
Spain. Her passion for adventure in the mountains has led her to guide rock
climbing in Colorado, canoe trips in the Canadian wilderness, winter
backpacking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and convert a
school bus into a vegetable oil powered mobile home. Her artwork and
writing have appeared in numerous outdoor publications including the
Alpinist, Rock & Ice Magazine, the Patagonia Catalog, and the Nau website.
Emilie Lee spent four years working as a freelance illustrator before
discovering the world of academic painting. Initially she studied for a year
with Utah painter Kamille Corry before moving to New York City to spend
four years studying with Jacob Collins in the Water Street Atelier at the
Grand Central Academy of Art. She has been selected to participate in the
prestigious Hudson River Fellowship for the past three summers and she
teaches landscape painting workshops at the Grand Central Academy of
Art. Emilie also writes for the Grand Central Academy blog which she
founded in 2008.
After falling in love with rock climbing at age fifteen, Emilie spent the next
eleven years pursuing the life of a nomadic climber - honing her skills on the
vertical terrain of twenty different U.S. states as well as Canada, France, and
Spain. Her passion for adventure in the mountains has led her to guide rock
climbing in Colorado, canoe trips in the Canadian wilderness, winter
backpacking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and convert a
school bus into a vegetable oil powered mobile home. Her artwork and
writing have appeared in numerous outdoor publications including the
Alpinist, Rock & Ice Magazine, the Patagonia Catalog, and the Nau website.
Her current focus on landscape painting combines her
academic training with her love of adventure and a life in the
outdoors. Built on the practice of careful observation and the
desire to represent nature truthfully, her approach makes each
study a meditation. At the core of this process is the experience
of being outdoors, working under every weather condition, and
investigating the elements of landscape through drawings,
paintings, and written notes. While she is currently engrossed in
finishing her last few weeks of training at the Grand Central
Academy, she continues to develop her landscape painting on
the weekends. She plans to spend more and more time
painting in the mountains.
academic training with her love of adventure and a life in the
outdoors. Built on the practice of careful observation and the
desire to represent nature truthfully, her approach makes each
study a meditation. At the core of this process is the experience
of being outdoors, working under every weather condition, and
investigating the elements of landscape through drawings,
paintings, and written notes. While she is currently engrossed in
finishing her last few weeks of training at the Grand Central
Academy, she continues to develop her landscape painting on
the weekends. She plans to spend more and more time
painting in the mountains.
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