Lee Musgrave studied in Los Angeles with artists Hans Burkhardt (Swiss) and Fritz Faiss (German). Hans was studio partner of Arshile Gorky. Fritz studied at the Bauhaus with Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky. Musgrave earned a Master of Art degree from California State University, Los Angeles and his artwork has been exhibited in numerous solo & group exhibitions world-wide. He is the recipient of an American National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. His studio is in White Salmon, Washington, USA. He is the author of amateur sleuth romantic mystery novels Brushed Off, Off Kilter and The Beautiful One (published via Black Rose Writing).