Lili was born in south of China, learned sketch from 8 year old and watercolor from 20. She earned her Master degree of Architecture from Chongqing University, China and University of Illinois at Chicago. She engaged in watercolor painting on architecture and landscape for 20 years.
While she lived in Seattle, she traveled to many National parks and beautiful senesce to make her watercolor. The website includes her landscape watercolor painting in Northwest of USA.