Lee HaeGee, born in 1959, graduated the department of Buddhist Art at Dong-guk University, Seoul, Korea. Since then, he has been painting only Buddha images for almost 40 years. Just two years ago his paintings appeared on the market for the first time. He paints with gold powder on silk, using a very fine brush. In order to paint with gold powder he makes use of Korean traditional glue made of swim bladder of the croaker.