Cheng-Khee Chee, Associate Professor Emeritus of the University of Minnesota, is a Signature member of the American Watercolor Society (Dolphin Fellow), National Watercolor Society, and many others. His work has won over 200 honors, including gold and silver medals. He has made numerous contributions to books and magazines, as well as written and illustrated several books. He has a 6 volume instructional DVD set, also on the market. Chee is a very popular workshop instructor and national show juror. His breakthrough in concepts and processes have greatly influenced the direction of watermedia painting. Chee’s ultimate goal in painting is to achieve the essence of Tao, the state of effortless creation. He hopes to produce paintings that will be neither East nor West, realism nor abstraction, but contain all elements that communicate on a universal and timeless level.
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