Born in 1962, a resident in Petaluma, California, Lee Rue holds a MFA degree from Academy of Art University, San Francisco in 1998. He has been fulfilling his childhood dreams as an artist from his family tradition. Although he spent most of his time on designs and other works, his passion to create his own unique oil paintings never fades... Lee Rue started his career as a designer and taught many years of art, design and lighting techniques in FIDM, Academy of Art University and UC Berkeley Extension in San Francisco. Lee Rue's painting style combines realistic basics with impressionistic colors, strokes and light. Besides, Lee's paintings also include a thin touch of fine romantic sentiment that makes his style in a lovely mythical and untamed fashion. Lee is the current associate members of Oil Painters of America, National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society and American Impressionist Society.