Katie Lee was born in Montana and raised in North Dakota. She attended Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota. She graduated with a double major in Spanish and Communications. She is a self-taught artist who started painting at a young age. She quickly found a passion for creating art and bringing things to life on the canvas. In 2008 she moved to Seattle, WA where she kick started her art career. After three years of selling in the Seattle area, her and her husband moved back to the Midwest. Today, her inspiration comes from her midwestern roots.

She loves to find color in the seemingly colorless subjects that surround her on a daily basis. In 2017 she had the idea to write a children's book based on a true life experience. In the spring of 2019 she published her first children's book. She continues to create art and refuses to see the world as anything but beautiful.