Lee Reynolds (1936-2017) received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California, and in the 1960s he became the director of Vanguard Studios. Lee Reynolds paintings were done in acrylics or oil-based mediums, had basic patterns, and encompassed a range of subjects meant to fit into any decor. Despite the number of paintings signed as artist Lee Reynolds, only those signed Lee Reynolds Burr were entirely created by him.

Because he was director of an art studio doing mass reproductions, Burr often oversaw projects and gave ideas, but staff painted the pieces. Lee Reynolds artwork reproductions used his original line work screenprinted on to acrylic backgrounds, and they were then filled in by hand with smaller details to give them depth.