My Family

Utah Governor Gary Herbert and First Lady Jeanette Herbert pose with artist Roland Lee after awarding him the Utah Governor’s Mansion Artist Award for Visual Arts August 20.     [...]

Get a free box of art cards just for stopping by during the Art Walk. Each box contains 16 cards and envelope with eight different winter images. Roland Lee’s new […]

What a marvelous week we are having in Zion National Park. We joined about 22 other artists for the 2nd Invitational Plein air art event celebrating Tomas Moran’s visit to […]

Saturday was a significant day for my wife and I as we celebrated our 39th wedding anniversary. We’ve had a lot of fun together over the years, and we’re still […]

“Death Cannot Conquer” 16 x 21 Watercolor of Carthage Jail “The Nauvoo Temple, Winter 1845-46” 24 x 30 Watercolor “The Ellis Mendenhall Sanders House in [...]

Okay so I took a month off of blogging, but I wasn’t slacking. Nellie and I have been on the road visiting our grandkids — and since we’ve got 20 […]

We just returned from about 10 days traveling in the midwest with my brother and sister as we followed the trail of our pioneer ancestors from Illinois to Utah. I […]

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 […]

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 […]

Well I finally reached the pinnacle of my life. Yep, I turned 60. Of course, just when I thought I would start getting senior discounts, they pushed the “real” senior […]

We had a board meeting of the Zion Natural History Association March 21 at Zion National Park. The meeting lasted all morning and concluded with a nice lunch. My daughter […]

See a Step by Step painting demo As the Centennial year of Zion National Park rolls forward I am concentrating my efforts on a series of paintings featuring this wonderful […]

Last Monday I was invited by my brother Grant Lee to come to his home in Meridian Idaho to present a display and discussion of my pioneer paintings. About 30 […]

I started this painting two weeks ago, but my whole world was turned upside down when my brother Blaine Lee passed away unexpectedly. Obviously my mind was not on painting […]

Last night we received word that my older brother Blaine Lee had passed away unexpectedly. It was a huge shock to me as I worked through the reality of what […]

Kreg Harrison and I in his studio in Santa Clara Utah. I’m never happier than when I can acquire a new piece of artwork to add to our collection. Today […]

Over the weekend we travelled up north to visit my kids and be present for the blessing of Jon and Jolynn’s new baby Dallin. It was fun to get the […]

With rain falling, and the forecast of more for the weekend, we headed up the slippery roads to our cabin at Zion National Park. We accompanied my daughter Jennie, her […]

True blue Cougar fans. Front; Christian, Travis, Kayson. Back: Roland, Jim, Jon. Not art related, but another passion of mine is football — college football. My wonderful sons purchased [...]

After seeing some great art museums in Holland this summer, it was a treat to be able to enjoy some amazing paintings close to home this weekend at the Utah […]

I thought I’d show you all my latest artistic creation. During the Zion Centennial Art Show festivities Nellie was noticeably absent. She was home watching our grandkids while Jon and […]

Jodi and Zach dress up Dutch right down to the traditional wooden shoes. While we were in the Netherlands Nellie and her sisters collected a few Dutch girl caps, aprons, […]

From the time we arrived in Holland Nellie wanted to have our picture taken in full traditional Dutch costumes. Everywhere we went in the Netherlands she would ask, and they […]

Bicycles, windmills, and water — we won’t soon forget Holland. Well, we’re finally back home in Utah and trying to adjust to the time. It’s always a sad farewell when […]