Okay we just had to shoot this picture of Roland’s olen bolen (a dutch pastry) at the Tholen Molen (windmill). We came halfway around the world just to do it. Jim, Barb and Nellie on [...]
I can’t even remember where I parked my car at the grocery store. This would be the ultimate nightmare for me trying to remember where I parked my bike. This is the crazy scene at the [...]
They call them Molen in the Netherlands, and they are pretty much everywhere. Most are out of use but treasured nonetheless. Today the huge modern propeller windmills seem to have taken over the [...]
Yes, we are in fact driving a Citroen Picasso in Holland. It should have probably been a Van Gogh, but oh well. We are now in Tholen, Zeeland, Netherlands staying in “The Waterfront” [...]
Tough work but somebody has to do it! Sketching at Penshurst Sorry I have not posted for a week. Nellie and I hit the road last Saturday and have not been able to access the internet since. But [...]
In conjunction with the dedication of the new Santa Clara Town Hall, a special art show was held featuring the artists from the Mission Gallery and Authentique Gallery.Most of the artists were [...]
I have been working on this painting for a long time. I first conceived the idea during a trip to Kirtland with the Sons of Utah Pioneers group. One of my ancestors, James Henry Rollins and his [...]
I was notified today that I had recieve the Jerry’s Artarama Award of Merit and $100 prize from the Spring Exhibit of the Utah Watercolor Society. I received the award for “Stone [...]
Today I had a visit from Joan Stackpole, an accomplished artist from Monroe, Wisconsin. Joan and her husband Brian came by the studio with friends J. Ramsey and Kathie Gibson from Cedar City. [...]
I was happy to see my painting “Winter in Zion” used to illustrate the 2008 Paint the Parks Competition publicity materials (see ad below). I was fortunate to have two of my [...]
We attended the fundraising gala tonight for the St. George Doctor’s Free Clinic. It was a dress-up dinner and auction held at the impressive Entrada Country Club in Southern Utah. I [...]
I was fortunate to have one of my landscape watercolor paintings of southern Utah juried into the prestigious 84th annual Spring Salon of the Springville Museum of Art. With over 900 entries, [...]
Left: My brother Blaine Lee with several of his Jay Bryant Ward original oil paintings. Over the weekend Nellie and I visited my brother Blaine Lee who is a founding vice-president for Franklin [...]
While in Salt Lake City I delivered two of my original watercolor paintings to Palmer’s Gallery on Broadway Street. The gallery will host the Spring Exhibition of the Utah Watercolor [...]
Thanksgiving Point, in Lehi, Utah is well-known for its expansive and well-manicured gardens covering zillions of acres. Visitors of all ages enjoy discovering such delights as the “secret [...]
Prior to the monthly meeting of the Utah Watercolor Society in Salt Lake City last night, I strolled through old Wheeler Farm where the meeting was held. My sketchbooks are full of drawings from [...]
Roland Lee paints outdoors at the Kayenta Desert Bloom Art Festival while Linda and Dave Johannessen and Joan and John Mangels give advice. I was invited to be one of the guest artists to paint [...]
Robert Shepherd Painting of Paradise Canyon in Southern Utah near St. George in personal art collection of Roland L. Lee Robert Shepherd was one of my most revered mentors when I began painting. [...]
May watercolor worshop students included: (Back row)Susan Tyler, Linda Alexander, Joanne Asay, Gail Alger. (Front) John Mangels, Linda Johannessen, Elaine Winget. I enjoyed teaching a watercolor [...]