ABOUT THE ARTIST AND THE ART

Lee Carrell, living in Texas, and being fifth generation of a Texas family, has found it hard not be influenced by Texas and the love Texans have for their land. Lee has created a special line of jewelry with a Texas theme, as well as a special line of Texas University mascot jewelry, as displayed in this site. Lee is a true westerner and artist, whose love of the traditions, history, and beauty of Texas and the rest of the American West, has led to his creating personal, exclusive jewelry and sculpture which expresses this love and the appeal of this region.

Lee Carrell is a professionally trained jeweler and artist who received an MFA in Jewelry and Design from the University of Kansas under Carlyle H. Smith. Lee has 30 years experience as a professional jeweler, designer, and teacher. Lee's designs have been commissioned by such notables as Kim Basinger, Actress; The President of Northern Arizona University; The E.E. Smissman Foundation; Texas Parks and Wildlife; and the Northern Rockies Heritage Center. Lee is listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, and was recently chosen one of 2000 outstanding jewelry and metal arts designers of the Twentieth Century by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England.

Lee and his wife, Linda Lee, currently live on several acres near the small Texas Hill Country community of Spicewood, about 35 miles west of Austin. They are active in trying to help preserve the Texas Hill Country landscape. Lee is available by appointment at the tasting room of Spicewood Vineyards, and his work is available in select galleries and shops, such as New West Art located in the Stockyard area of Fort Worth. His work is also showing at Spicewood Spines and at Spicewood Vineyards. Lee will also be appearing in select shows.

For more information contact Lee Carrell

Reflections of the West/Texas Reflections

Phone: 830-693-0061, Email: Leewest@tstar.net.