Researching Patrick Lee

He was born in Kaohsiung City, started to paint after winning a primary school drawing contest, and is a self-taught artist. His works are multimedia on canvas or wood panels, mixing oil and acrylic paints, inks and powders. The works, primarily lavis, have recently taken a more adventurous turn and combine Chinese arts and calligraphy to modern media and contexts. Lee's works are bright and colorful panels with a lot of silver, gold, reds and blacks, a subtle marriage of strong colors resulting in a mellow blend. The texts often visible in the background are extracted from very famous and ancient museum calligraphies of Wang Xizhi recomposed in Lee's manner.

Although Lee has painted for many years, he didn't hold any shows until 2002. His first show in Taiwan was followed by a solo exhibition in Copenhagen, Denmark and several solo exhibitions in Taiwan. Exhibitions are planned for Peking and Shanghai.

He has been praised in Lifestyle Magazine and in the Taipei Times, and is particularly appreciated by Western collectors.

Lee was educated at the University of Manitoba and ordained in 1956.

Lee ministered at St Mary la Prairie Anglican Church, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba until 1975 when he became Dean of Diocese of Cariboo. In 1984 he was appointed Dean of Training and Education Secretary in the Diocese of Western Uganda. He returned to Winnipeg in 1990, where he was Executive Archdeacon of Rupert’s Land from 1990 to 1994 when he became its diocesan bishop.

In 1999 Lee retired and moved to the Ottawa area. He died in 2010.

Lee's first book, The Breach, was chosen for IndieBound's Indie Next List in January 2010, and reached USA Today's bestseller list the same month.