Lee creates sculptures from non-traditional mediums including caribou and moose antlers and wooly mammoth bones and tusks as a means of introducing new forms of art to the people of the Northwest Arctic Region. His work is heavily influenced by Russian Native carvers, particularly Sasha Anetegan of Lavrentia, who served as a guest instructor to the Borough in 2002. Lee's caribou antler geese and swans are unique to the art world.