Rachel Lee

Rachel Lee is a painter based in Beijing, working in gongbi ink and colour on sized xuan paper, including mogu (boneless) brushwork painted without outline. Her flower-and-bird paintings — persimmons, bamboo, plum blossom, lotus — are painted by hand, each one done from her own studies.

Works are unframed and shipped rolled. Painted-to-order works take about 3–5 days to paint, plus shipping. Custom commissions welcome, including various flowers in Chinese gongbi style, other patterns/subjects, and hardboard portrait commissions (about $500, about 2 weeks painting time).

Behind every painting is a small shop in Liulichang, Beijing's old street of brush-and-paper sellers, where Rachel buys all of her materials — brushes, Huizhou ink, Red Star xuan paper, inkstones. Each work is painted entirely by hand, and no two are exactly alike: the pressure of the brush follows how she feels on the day, and the weather and light of the day shape the painting.

China Agricultural University, Business Administration, 2015–2017, Undergraduate graduation certificate (top-up programme, online education), country China

2025, 1st China Rural Painting Exhibition
2017, 36th International Juried Watercolor Exhibition, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
2025, Specially Appointed Painter, Hong Kong People's Artists Association
2024, Specially Appointed Painter, Zhejiang Oil Painting Academy