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Our new book, “The Way to Angels Landing” is selling very well. We have had several book signings that have been so much fun. We were grateful to Buck Hurst who asked us to do a book [...]

Lyman Hafen and Roland Lee signed hundreds of their new children’s picture book, The Way to Angels Landing, at the St. George Deseret Book store. The new book is available online at [...]

I had a blast with my two sons, Jim Lee and Jon Lee, at Capitol Reef National Park for the Arts and the Parks plein air event sponsored by the Utah Watercolor Society. We painted for four days [...]

A huge thank you to Zions Bank for supporting our local art community with an amazing art show. All three levels at the St. George downtown branch were filled with artists and their stunning [...]

Register HERE NOW. One of the best ways to jump start your painting is to attend this wonderful event. 22 members of the Plein Air Artists of Utah (PAPU) will be teaching and demonstrating from [...]

The Way to Angels Landing – It’s a children’s book for readers of all ages, written by beloved writer Lyman Hafen featuring illustrations by Roland Lee, known as “The Painter of Zion.” [...]

I’ve spent the past couple of months bringing to life some oil and acrylic paintings of Zion National Park and rural Utah scenes. Check them all out now. Many of you are probably thinking [...]

I was thrilled to receive “Signature Status” in the Watercolor West organization. My painting “Autumn Ambience” was juried into their 2022 54th International competition.

I received an announcement today that my watercolor painting, “Colorful Solitude” was juried into the Springville Museum of Art 98th annual Spring Salon. The show runs from April 27 [...]

Roland Lee’s painting “Zion Canyon Reflections” was featured in the article, “Desert Emotions” by John O’Hern in the May 2022 issue of Western Art [...]

I was happy that the editors of Fine Art Connoisseur magazine selected one of my paintings to be featured in the May issue. My painting “By the Canal” will be part of a portfolio [...]

I was pleased to learn that my painting “Colorado Barn” was accepted to the prestigious Western Federation of Watercolor Societies annual Exhibit. As a signature member of the Utah [...]

PBS Utah’s new one-hour documentary “Call of the Canyon – Zion National Park” will premier on KUED TV January 27 at 7pm. The documentary explores the impact Zion has on [...]

I am one of 25 artists belonging to Plein Air Painters of Utah who joined together for the online “plein Air Utah Live 2022.” The event airs over a three day period January 27-29, [...]

The new PBS Utah documentary on Zion National Park will be released in January 2022. You can see the promo trailer by clicking here. I am pleased to be a featured artist in the new film.

I am pleased that St. George Lifestyle Magazine used my painting “Winter Blessing” on the cover of their December 2021 issue. The painting is owned by Catherine and the late Glen [...]

I was honored to be invited to give the keynote address at the “Business of Art” conference held this week at Dixie State University. The event is held annually with speakers and [...]

Rain, snow and cold–but amazingly beautiful days greeted us at Capitol Reef National Park for Art and the Park Light on the Reef. I was the guest artist, which meant I judged the show, gave [...]

We were a lucky bunch of painters last week as I was joined by about 12 other artists at the Maynard Dixon Property in Mt. Carmel Utah. The weather gave us two days of sun and one day of peaceful [...]

I was pleased to meet new collectors at the opening reception of “River Flows- Watercolorists of the West” which opened October 1 at the Phippen Museum in Prescott Arizona. Sales were [...]

Check out this 360 degree video short featuring Roland Lee painting in Zion. It celebrates the spring 2022 release of Call of the Canyon, Zion National Park, a one-hour PBS Utah documentary [...]

I was thrilled to see the wonderful article editor Michael Clawson wrote in the September issue of Western Art Collector Magazine. “These Waters Run Deep” discusses the all-watercolor [...]

Thanks to Kelly Kane and the good people at Plein Air Magazine for including a nice spotlight about me with five images in this week’s “American Watercolors Weekly” online magazine.

A full page ad appears in the September issue of Western Art Collector Magazine featuring the paintings I will exhibit October 2 through February 2 ,2022. The show and sale is titled “The [...]