Annie Lee began painting at the ripe old age of ten, winning her first competition during that very year. Her accomplishments continued throughout her teens culminating in an offer of a four-year scholarship at Northwestern University. Although she declined the offer, Annie Lee did manage to continue her studies at the American Academy of Art and earn a Masters of Education degree from Loyola University. These feats were accomplished after producing two children and enduring the grief of being widowed twice and after having celebrated her 40th birthday. Ms. Lee's art reflects her remarkable ability to observe and draw life as she sees it, combining the elements of humor, satire and realism to relay those observations to us. As a result, her work has been internationally acclaimed and warmly received by not only the African American culture, but also by art lovers everywhere. Her works have been shown in hit TV shows such as "ER" and "A Different World" and in Eddie Murphy's movies "Coming to America" and "Boomerang". Her trademarks are the animated emotion of the personalities in the artwork and the faces which are painted without features! This allows collectors to "feel" the scene and interject their own personalities into the work. This unique collection is of the highest quality workmanship, and with optimism, joy and tenderness, depicts life and events which are all part of the human experience. LittleAfrica is proud to offer the Sass 'n Class product line.