American printmaker. Lea was known for his experimental printmaking techniques and collage work. In his early career, Lea exhibited in the Midwest. He moved to Texas to teach at Sam Houston State University, where he began the art department’s printmaking program, and pioneered viscosity printing: a new technique that employed an ink viscosity process techniques employed in relief, lithograph, and intaglio printing. He printed the colors simultaneously instead of separately. Due to the complexity of the process, he printed only around fifteen of each edition. His works have been displayed in galleries both nationally and internationally, including the Louve, Smithsonian, and Utah Museum of Fine Arts.
