Annie Lee was born in Gadsen, Alabama and lived for a number of years in Chicago. She has recently resettled in Las Vegas.

Lee began painting at the age of ten, winning her first competition shortly after. In high school she won a four-year scholarship to Northwestern University which she declined. She returned to school at the age of forty after two marriages and two children. She did undergraduate work at Mundelein College, Chicago and the American Academy of Art, and she earned her master’s degree in Education from Loyola University. As the demand for her work grew, she left her then current job as a railroad clerk to paint fulltime.

Annie Lee’s art reflects her remarkable ability to observe life as she sees it, combining the elements of humor, satire and realism to share those observations with her audience. Her paintings are popular throughout the U.S. and well beyond. She enjoys considerable recognition in the Caribbean, Europe and Japan. Her work has been featured in film such as Eddie Murphy’s “Coming to America” and “Boomerang”; and on television shows including “ER”, “Hanging with Mr. Cooper”, “A Different World”, “227” and “Amen”.

Today her work can be found in a variety of media and on a number of merchandise such as collectibles, figurines and kitchenware.

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