All Posts from April, 2009

I picked up a couple of cases of the new book from Gibbs Smith, “Painters of Utah’s Canyons and Deserts” at Donna Poulton’s book signing last week in Springdale. This is [...]

Tonight at our Watercolor Society meeting I showed my sketchbook from the “Footsteps of Thomas Moran” paint-out. It reminded me that I had not posted many of the drawings on the blog. [...]

I was pleased to sell my paintings at all four venues in connection with the “In The Footsteps of Thomas Moran” plein air paint out. As the week-long event drew to a close I feel [...]

Running concurrently with the “Footsteps of Moran” show was the Z-Arts Zion Canyon Open Studio and Gallery Tour. During the day Saturday we had a chance to visit many of the locations [...]

Tonight was the first time we got to see all the plein air paintings in one place. It was so exciting to see all the artwork framed and hanging in the log studio on Maynard Dixon’s former [...]

We took the morning off to frame up our five paintings for the Bingham Gallery Show tonight at the Maynard Dixon Studio. I feel really good about the plein air paintings – especially after [...]

This was the final day of painting. Each artist is to have 5 paintings ready for the Bingham Gallery show tomorrow and one for the Zion Lodge Auction on Saturday. I’ve completed seven [...]

Another fantastic day in God’s country! I started day three by doing a painting of the Sentinel and Streaked Wall. I did a sketch there yesterday morning and knew the light would be [...]

We cranked it up early this morning and were out on location by 8am while the air was still crisp and the canyon winds were blowing. Zion was beautiful today. We stopped first at The Canyon [...]

The Zion Centennial Paint-out “In the Footsteps of Thomas Moran” got underway this morning in Zion National Park. All 21 artists met together at the Human History Museum gallery where [...]

This painting of Zion National Park will be on display at the Bingham Gallery in Mount Carmel as part of the Zion centennial event “In the Footsteps of Thomas Moran.” This next week [...]

“Desert Wagon” was purchased by the City of St. George in the 1980’s for their permanent collection. It is on display at the St. George Art Museum as part of the “30 Years [...]

Yesterday little Cody Blair Lee, grandchild #20 came into the world in American Fork Utah. He is the son of my oldest boy Jim and his wife Barb. We were able to be see our new grandson in the [...]

Above: Roland Lee visits with Dianne Adams in her painting studio upstairs at her Deweyville, Utah home. We drove up to Cache Valley Utah Tuesday where I gave a watercolor presentation to the [...]

A little rain on Saturday threatened to dampen the St. George Art Festival, but the crowds came out in droves anyway (umbrellas and shorts). The show moved this year from the street to the new [...]

I had a nice surprise visit to my art studio today from a California family who own one of my early paintings. Ray and Phyllis Smith and their daughter Candi stopped by on their way to Colorado. [...]

I’m trying to get a few more pieces framed for the St. George Art Festival coming up this Easter weekend. Traditionally the city is packed with sun-seekers on this weekend as about 200 [...]

We just concluded our April Watercolor Workshop. We spent quite a bit of time on painting clouds and skies. Artists attending included Alice Hemming (Maryland), Angie Frabasilio (Rockville), Gail [...]