She was a musician and a handyman and in addition, she started painting. She started with paintings of her memories of New York and St. Maarten. Later on, she made the nature and architecture of her surroundings come to life in her work, such as little boats in the islands' surrounding waters, people getting in and out of their cars. If the color faded, she gave the painting a new coating. She used all kinds of material - card board, linen, chairs, serving trays.
Miss Lee's first exposition was held in Curacao in in 1998. She was 99 years old at that time. A local newspaper wrote: "She interpreted her world in her own style, not polluted by leading artistic rules. The exposition is a party, a real homage to a remarkable naïve artist". A few weeks later Miss Lee passed away. She left behind more then 70 unnamed paintings.