Our featured teacher is watercolor artist Lee Surette. Lee is from a family of artists and spent many years as a commercial artist, illustrator and advertising Creative Director. Since his 20’s he has been devoted to exploring the light and form of the New England landscape through the mediums of watercolor and oils. Lee graduated from Vesper George School of Art and was an instructor there in commercial art and illustration. He studied oil painting at the Cape School of Art in Provincetown under Henry Hensche, the renowned genius of the Cape Cod Style of American Impressionism. His continued study at the Cape School under watercolorist Lee Boynton to further develop his watercolor style.
“Through Henry [Hensche] and the Cape School of Art I learned the secrets of painting color in the style and legacy of Charles Hawthorne and the French Impressionists. The unique and changing light of the natural landscape of Cape Cod is my continuing inspiration.” –Lee Surette
Dive Into Watercolor!
Stop by the office and check out Lee’s artwork. All featured pieces are for sale.
