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Plein air workshop September 21-22, Escalante Utah 9:00 am to 4pm both days with some evening activities. Plein air watercolor workshop. I will be demonstrating in watercolors but all mediums are [...]

Sponsored by the Plein Air Painters of Utah, this 4-day event in Midway Utah will feature about 20 painters teaching live workshops both in the field and in the studio. Attendees will have the [...]

I was grateful to Meghana Mitragotri who attended my recent master class. She is an excellent painter but also an astute art collector. We had a fun class and enjoyed a visit from her family and [...]

My painting “Colorful Solitude” was purchased by a wonderful collector who also enjoyed house boating on Lake Powell like my family did. What a joy it is for me to see my paintings [...]

My painting “Patiently Waiting” was featured in the September 2023 Plein Air Magazine on page 87. It was featured along with other winners in the Plein Air Salon May competition. My [...]

The 13th Annual PleinAir Salon Art Competition has announced its monthly winners for the May Competition. Roland Lee has been selected as the Best Western winner in the Best Western Category with [...]

I was thrilled to have four paintings in the Top 100, but now I learned my painting “Patiently Waiting” was the top winner in the Western category of the May 2023 Plein Air Salon. Out [...]

Watercolor Painting of Zion National Park

I was pleased to find out that four of my paintings were selected in the Top 100 at the May 2023 Plein Air Salon competition. There were 697 paintings submitted from 19 countries in the show [...]

Watercolor Painting of Zion National Park -  Court of the Patriarchs

Utah Tech University presents the winners of the Robert and Peggy Sears Invitational art shows| UTAH TECH UNIVERSITY SEARS ART MUSEUM PRESENTS THE SEARS LEGACY FEATURING ARTWORK FROM THE ROBERT [...]

Watercolor Painting of the Sentinel in Zion

I was honored to unveil  a new painting of Bryce Canyon National Park during the Bryce Canyon National Park  Centennial ceremonies on the rim on June 8. The painting was commissioned by the Bryce [...]

Watercolor Painting of Thor's Hammer Bryce Canyon National Park

Retiring CEO of the Zion Forever Project Lyman Hafen was surprised and honored to receive an original Roland Lee painting at a special gathering in Salt Lake City. The painting of Zion National [...]

I love it when a painting moves from  my gallery wall to a collector’s wall, but I especially love it when two paintings go to the same home. Special thanks to Garrick and Page Foy for [...]

I’m so glad to be a part of the Plein Air Artists of Utah group. We have joined together for a traveling show called “Highway 89 Art on the Highway.” The traveling show began [...]

You can see some of my paintings in this month’s issue of Western Art Collector magazine in a special editorial section called  “Canyons and Deserts” by John O’Hern. I am [...]

Art on the Highway – Follow us on Highway 89! Look for members of the PLEIN AIR ARTISTS OF UTAH this year as we paint along US Route 89. We’ll be capturing the best of Utah’s [...]

Watercolor Painting of Lake Powell National Park

I was happy to have my painting “At the Feet of Angels” selected for the 2023 online exhibition of the American Watercolor Society Associate Members Show. The jurors were Tim Gaydos [...]

I am happy to have a painting chosen for exhibition in the online American Watercolor Society Associate Members Show. My painting “At the Feet of Angels” was selected by jurors Tim [...]

What a surprise to get a call from 92 year old artist Imogene Dewey. She said she had been watching my instructional videos for years at her home in Lake Charles LA. She was planning a trip to [...]

Many thanks to my great collector Dennis Hines in Michigan for purchasing my new painting, “At the Feet of Angels.” It is a very big painting of a scene in Zion National Park showing [...]