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I am happy to announce that Three of my new paintings of Zion National Park will be exhibited at the upcoming “Mighty Five – Zion National Park Invitational Art Show at Utah Tech [...]

I am grateful to Virginia Howard who stopped by Gallery 35 today and decided to add “Gentle Flow” to her collection. I visited with a number of friends and former collectors today in [...]

As the featured artist at Gallery 35 I will have a special display and sale of my paintings at Gallery 35 from now through the end of January 2024. Stop by and see some of my new pieces at 35 [...]

It’s time to move on. After many years at my St. George downtown commercial location I have finally closed the gallery doors. Running a gallery is getting to be too much for me. I will now [...]

It was so much fun painting with two of my kids at the Capitol Reef Arts and the Park plein air event this month. Jim Lee and Jana Lee Cherry both attended with me and my wife Nellie, and we had [...]

So grateful for good collectors who bless our lives. Thanks to James Barrett for purchasing paintings for him and his mom recently. He is an avid hiker who knows all the trails in Zion National [...]

I am excited to sell two paintings that are both among my favorites. Karen Bettilyon, a dear friend and artist, purchased both paintings today. One is of the old Bristlecone Pine at Cedar Breaks, [...]

We had a great time at the Escalante Canyons Plien Air festival, where I taught a plein air watercolor workshop for about 14 artists. In addition to classroom demos, we painted on location at the [...]

I was pleased to participate with 20 fellow members of the Plein Air Artists of Utah group as we presented the “Plein Air Utah” annual retreat in Midway, Utah. Attending were about 45 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Does my heart so good to spend time outdoors doing plein air painting with three of my beautiful kids. Enjoyed the day in Zion National Park. I am working on a way to get the other two out with [...]

Another wonderful art collector stopped by my gallery today and left with an acrylic painting and a watercolor painting. Joe McMullin enjoyed perusing the paintings on display and decided on [...]