China                                                 ink & gouache on Fabriano paper 15x11ins

                                              Beijing Forbidden City, Sweeping Figure                       Beijing Temple of Heaven                       Beijing Tiananmen Gate, Lion & Mao 

                                                         Beijing Summer Place                                          Beijing Forbidden City                         Kazak Woman, Chinghe Altai Mountains 

Lesley was invited to teach for three months in 1996 at Urumqi Art College, Xinjiang Province. During her residency she

accompanied a group of undergraduates on a painting trip to Chinghe (Blue Water) in the "closed" area of the Altai mountains 

                                                        Lost City of Gaochang 3                                         Lost City of Gaochang 1                                      Lost City of Gaochang 2

                                     ink & gouache on Fabriano paper 10x7ins

                                               Camel                                                                             Veil                                                                       Tea Chinghe 

                                            Kazak Riders                                            Teaching in Chinghe, Altai Mountains                                               Boy Chinghe

 Copyright 2012 Lesley Giles