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 CHINA Beijing
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Lesley was invited to teach watercolour painting in 1996 at Xinjiang Art College on the SILK ROAD, Urumqi China.  She spent some time in Beijing before traveling north west along the Great Wall to the Gobi Desert aboard the "Iron Rooster" for the famous three day train journey to Urumqi!
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JIAYUGUAN Fort (MING) 1372 in the GOBI DESERT is the most westerly fort on the GREAT WALL of China en-route to the Silk Road
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Jiayugan Fort 2 watercolour 15x21
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Jiayugan Fort 1 watercolour 15x21
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Jiayugan Fort 3 watercolour 15x21
​"Forbidden City" was chosen for the Front Cover of Isramworld Annual Orient Travel Brochure New York 2011
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Forbidden City ink & gouache 14x11
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Confucius Temple & Tienanmen Sq Lion ink & gouache 14x11
Heavenly Temple & Summer Palace
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Sweeping Figure ink & gouache 14x11
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Heavenly Temple & Summer Palace ink & gouache 14x11
Confucius & Lama Temples​
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Confucius Temple watercolour 21x15. Sold
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Lama Temple & Confucius Temple 2 ink & gouache 14x11
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Laughing Buddha watercolour 21x15
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Yellow Buddha & Giant Buddha watercolour 21x15



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  • About
    • Exhibitions >
      • Exhibition Pictures 22/23
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    • Bio & Bibliography
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