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I am grateful that juror Betsy Dillard Stroud chose two of my paintings for the Spring 2019 UWS competition. “Railroad Summit” depicts three railroad men, the engineer, a mechanic, [...]

Thanks to the many collectors who attended the Southern Utah Museum of Art SUMA art auction. My painting “Big Skies and Deserts” raised $1600 in support of the museum. I’m [...]

I was invited to teach a two-day watercolor painting workshop for the Utah Watercolor Society last weekend in Salt Lake City. We had 22 wonderful painters sign up with about 15 more on the [...]

Over the last month or so I’ve done quite a few new watercolor paintings. They will start showing up soon on my website and in the gallery. Come by and take a look.

I enjoy inviting a few good artists into my studio each month for what we call a “Master Class.” It is called that because we explore upper-level techniques for creating solid [...]

A special thanks to collector Randy Peterson who selected my original painting “Glorious Morn” for his art collection. Randy and his wife have purchased two other paintings from me. [...]

After appearing in a couple of publications, my “famous” little plein air painting of  the old Grafton School house has found a new home. Architect Eric Roberts from Nevada, an [...]

Thanks to Ken and Dianne Hall and their artist daughter Rebecca who visited my art studio today. Ken is the director of the MBA program at Southern Utah University, and selected my original [...]

I am pleased to be featured in the current issue of Southwest Art Magazine. Two of my paintings are featured, “Desert Tempest” and “A Time of Peace,” along with a Q and A [...]

My 40 Year Retrospective art show will be on view at the DSU Sears Art Museum June 7 through August 2, 2019. A component of that show will be a display of Zion National Park paintings celebrating [...]

Thanks to the Zion Forever Project and many volunteers who made the 10th annual Zion National Park Plein Air Invitational a huge success. Sale proceeds benefitted the Zion Youth Initiative in its [...]

My painting “View From Scout Lookout” was featured in the November 2018 issue of “Plein Air Magazine” in a two page ad for the Zion National Park Plein Air Art [...]

I was pleased to receive the “Award of Excellence” for my painting “Glorious Morn” at the Utah Watercolor Society Fall Competition. Thanks to the judge, Frank Eber, for [...]

I was pleased to be included in “State of the Art Utah” section of Western Art Collector Magazine this month, October 2018. My painting “Sands of Time” was featured. My [...]

During the four-day Plein Air Utah event we were treated to daily seminars, talks, workshops, and outdoor painting at several wonderful locations. On Friday I gave a presentation on outdoor [...]

Before dawn on a crisp November morning artist Roland Lee climbs in his camper truck and drives to a special place he’s already scoped out in Zion National Park. On this day he’s not alone as two [...]

Nearly 100 artists and teachers will meet in Midway UT September 12-15, 2018 for the second annual “Plein Air Utah” event. Consisting of teaching seminars, painting demonstrations and [...]

The Zion National Park Plein Air Invitational has an ad in the October 2018 Plein Air Magazine featuring the artwork of Roland Lee, Royden Card, Mary Jabens, and George Handrahan. The show will [...]

I am exciting to be an invited artist at the 2018 Maynard Dixon Country event sponsored by the Thunderbird Foundation at Mount Carmel Utah. 22 Guest artists will join together for seminars [...]

Tony and Wendy Kraatz with their new painting  called “Retired.” It is a watercolor painting of an old Fordson tractor with the metal wheels located on the Mathews Ranch. It even had [...]

I share an unusual plein air painting experience in “Postcards from the Road” in the August/September 2018 issue of Plein Air Magazine. You’ll find me on the very last page next [...]

I’ve just released my popular instructional video Workshop #13 on my Youtube channel “Roland Lee Studio.”  The subject is “How to Paint a Desert Sky and Corrals” and [...]

It was so much fun to trade the hot desert red rocks for the cool Spruces and Glaciers of Alaska for a while. We enjoyed an inside passage cruise with my brothers and sisters and I really liked [...]