Godie lived on the streets of Chicago by choice. She considered herself to be a great French Impressionist. She sold her paintings on the steps of the Art Institute of Chicago. She kept her paintings in a locker in the Greyhound bus terminal.

Godie painted on objects as found: paper, discarded window shades, etc. She did not like fair haired people and often refused to sell to them or charged them more than dark haired people.

Lee Godie (1908-1995)    Mudtown (???), Illinois