Dolly Lee's oil paintings hung in the family home for years before her daughter found out who the artist was. Twenty-five years later, mother and daughter are fellow artists on the Tahoe ARTour. Lee found it difficult to pick up a paint brush again, so as a refresher she attended watercolor classes at Sierra Nevada College.
Watercolor is very difficult.
But she finds watercolor more challenging and has not painted in oils again. Lee joined the Sierra Artists' Network in Tahoe City and said her first show scared her. It was at the Cottonwood Restaurant. I was petrified. Lee, who admits to being in her 60s, describes herself as a local artist because she only shows in North Tahoe.