3rd Hand Collective
A Brief History of 3HC The 3rd Hand Collective is a project started at Community Thrift Store in San Franisco by myself and Nick Fowler. I had been making thrift sound mix tapes for a few years after discovering such…
J Lee Arts and Music
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J. Lee
Jason A. Lee is a New England born musician, composer, producer, painter and sculptor. He writes and performs guitar and vocals for the rock band Starry Skemes, Farfisa organ and synth in the improv psych band Warm Spell, produces and performs music lights and theatrics with the 3rd Hand Collective and is an avid modular synthesist. J. also paints landscapes en plein aire ala prima and designs mobiles, fountains and candelabras. He is married to Marina Lazzara and is the dad of Maizie Jade Lazzara Lee. He is also good pals with dog Bella Rose and an acquaintance of birds Aspen and Luna. He has lived in San Francisco, CA since 1993.
Open Mic Nite
I’ve been writing songs for over three decades now exploring many different musical spells and vibes. Writing on acoustic guitar has been a pretty consistent method, of course, though it is a challenge after you’ve been up and down the…
Starry Skemes
Starry Skemes is Dave Mairs (drums), Bill Fischer(bass) and J.Lee (guitar, voc). Their music is influenced by baroque 60’s psychedelic garage rock and built on an 80’s/90’s indie rock foundation. Their musical pallet is wide ranging from sonic intensity to…
Warm Spell
Warm Spell is an SF Bay Area experimental soundscape drone improvisation band icluding Marina Lazzara (drums/vocals), Kevin Van Yserloo (violin), Brian Lucas (bass), Tammy Fortin (guitar), Richard Marriott (trumbone/flute) and J.Lee (Farfisa organ/modular synth). Warm Spell Playlist for Homebound Parakeets…
Mussel Rock Park, Daly City
Mussel Rock Park, Daly City Acrylic 11 x 14 Marina and I were traveling down to visit our friend Tammy Fortin last weekend. It was the golden hour as we descended Highway 1 down to Pacifica. Sunset stretched out across…
Baker Beach Cliffs
Baker Beach/Sea Cliff Acrylic 11×14 Ala Prima, 10/24 Marina reminded me we used to go to this spot when Maizie was little. You actually park in the Sea Cliff neighborhood where there is a beach access trail. It leads you…
San Gregorio Beach
San Gregorio Beach from the Hillside Trail Ala Prima, Acrylic, 11×14 9/9/23 My 16 year old daughter Maizie and I travelled south down Highway One looking for a good En Plein Aire vista. We pulled into San Gregorio State Beach…
Dunes Beach, Half Moon Bay
Dunes Beach Hillside Acylic 16×20, ala prima, 11/23 I took a drive down to the Half Moon Bay area looking for a good vista.The plan was to hit Moss Beach but the spot I was thinking of was closed off…
Dead Man’s Point, Lands End
Dead Man’s Point Acrylic on Canvas Ala Prima 1 With my last 11×14 canvas I headed over to China Beach, SF but there was a massive construction site going on probbly to do with it looked like updating the…
Point Bonita, Marin Headlands
Pt. Bonita, Marin Headlands, Acrylic on canvas, 16×20, 10/2023 I haven’t painted outdoors in over a month so it was good to get back out into the sea air on a perfectly sunny autumn day. I’ve been hitting…