George Douglas Lee was born and raised on a sandbar on the Upper Texas Coast. In second grade, he entered a school drawing contest - the subject being Texas' iconic Alamo. He won second place, and thus began a life long interest in art as well as kick starting his competitive spirit. Lee often expressed vivid memories of teachers who encouraged him in his creative pursuits. To each of them - thank you.
Many years later, his wife, Brenda, returned home from a business trip, and noticed that the house was slowly, but surely being overwhelmed by George's art. She casually mentioned that no one was going to come to the front door, knock and say, "Hey, I hear you've got some great art." The next time she returned from a business trip, her husband casually mentioned he had rented space in Galveston's historic downtown for a gallery. That was the business plan and G. Lee Gallery was born.
There have been many changes in the intervening years. The Gallery moved to a larger space on Galveston's Historic Strand. More artists came on board. George was thrilled with the new space, more art, workshops, music, even comedy shows filled the space with laughter. Unfortunately, George passed away in 2019.
Brenda, has chosen to keep the spirit of the Gallery alive with 20 artists in a variety of media. Featuring hand-made, unique, one-of-a-kind items from local area artists. Our paintings, jewelry, fiber, paper and glass art, wood pens and hand thrown pottery can only be found at G. Lee Gallery.
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Statement
This collection of paintings is certainly eclectic. I've always believed that every painting, even abstracts, should be based on good drawing, as well as composition, line, color form and texture. Surrealism has been an influence, and you may see it in my art. Music, theatre, playwriting, film scripts, acting, even a History Chanel and Smithsonian documentary, have entertained and distracted me from a full time pursuit of creating art. It seems I have come full circle in creative endeavors. I hope you will enjoy my visual adventures.
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