Peter Lee demonstrated his love for Chinese painting early, in fact his mother Ms.Kwun-Yin Liu taught her son the art of Chinese painting. He developed an interest in photography later on with great success. He produced the Canada-China co-production "Outside My Window" in 1987. He demonstrated "Painting of Horses" in the Hong Kong Festival in 1990 and achieved a bronze prize for his work, which also led to his name being included in China's 'Who's Who of Outstanding Contemporary Chinese Artists' in 1995. Peter Lee was also the winner of the Photography Contest at the Miss Oriental Pageant in Vancouver in 1997 and was officially named one of the Outstanding Artists of the New Millenium from China in the year 2000. He is the Director of the CCAFV (2003-2005).