Lee Mortensen

183 Indies Road, Ramrod Key, FL 33042

LeeMort@Bellsouth.net

Lee Mortensen grew up in the West Palm Beach area, lived near Seattle for a while and visits the Newport, Rhode Island area in the summer. She came to the Keys permanently in 1998 with her husband and lives in a house they designed and built themselves on Ramrod Key.

They settled here because of the fishing and diving, of course.

Lee has been a craft-aholic since childhood and has wanted to learn stained glass for many years. While in Seattle she had an opportunity to do so and fell in love with the medium. Her other hobbies immediately went to the back burner and she has become totally focused on stained glass.

Upon moving to the Keys she decided to make a go of her art. She found the Artists in Paradise Gallery on Big Pine at a time when they were losing their only stained glass artist. The timing was right and as soon as she hung some pieces in the gallery she received a commission job for two pieces & she's been busy ever since.

"I love the way different types of glass react with each other. Sometimes glass combinations alone inspire a design." Being a bit of a perfectionist... some of her bright colorful sealife and nautical pieces can take 3 to 4 months to complete to her satisfaction.

When not creating stained glass Lee is employed as an Architectural CAD Designer. She enjoys the combination of artistic and technical endeavors.

Lee has work displayed at Artists in Paradise and Tiki Living both in Big Pine Key.

Her head is swimming with so many ideas she doesn't know what project to do next. You can reach her by email at LeeMort@Bellsouth.net.