LEE MEE Art & Design

My Lifeline. I was born and raised in Hampton, Virginia. As a child, with little money growing up, I rarely had the opportunity to participate in artistic endeavors. Although I was unaware of the opportunities art could bring to me, I was very aware of a serious passion I had for pencils. My pre-teen years were consumed with getting pencils. I loved to draw with pencils. Each new pencil was like a new and fresh idea. I would eagerly examine it from eraser to pencil point. I would check out the smoothness it made across paper. I detested bumpy pencil lead! For each new pencil, I would try to draw something new and different. And before the drawing was completed, I was already looking for a new pencil to create something even more different and exciting. As a child, I paralleled new pencils with new inspiration. It was as if using an old pencil meant I would get an old creation. I did not like the idea of being boxed into one idea or one way of doing things. As an adult, I create through my life experiences. Today, my “new pencils” are human beings, for they are my inspiration. I love connection. My passion is sharing. Creativity is my lifeline. Letitia Lee