Lian Quan Zhen is a much sought-after Chinese watercolor artist and teacher in the US and abroad. He is one of the most popular authors of North Light Books
He started sketching and painting in his childhood and continue as hobby while practicing medicine as a family physician in Canton Province, China. After immigrating to the US in 1985, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree from University of California at Berkeley in 1992 and a Master of Architecture Degree from MIT in 1996. He has many shows in the US, Hong Kong and China and developed an international following. His paintings hang in numerous museum and private collections including the MIT Museum which has collected 14 of his paintings.