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The Century Tree Artist's First Tree	The Matrimonial Oak San Saba, Texas	The Goose Island Oak Artist's Oldest Tree


Artist Biography	Yan Lee is a native of China, where he received his degree in geology at the University of Nanging. In the small northern town where he worked, there were few trees except the two on the river bank. He came to think of them as an "affectionate couple", standing side by side. Unfortunately these trees died due to salt water incursion. Their death affected the artist greatly, and he regretted that he did not draw them before they died. This tragedy was a motivating force for his passion for immortalizing great trees with pen and ink while they are still living. Yan came to the United States in 1998 to pursue a doctoral degree in geophysics at Texas A&M University. It was there that he became enamored with the "Century Tree" on campus and vowed to draw it for posterity. This experience was so personally overwhelming that he resolved to search out and immortalize the big trees in Texas. To contact Yan check out his website