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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 [...]

Art on the Highway – Follow us on Highway 89! Look for us this year as we paint along US Route 89. We’ll be capturing the best of Utah’s landscape surrounding this beautiful highway. Come see our [...]

I had a fun visit with a group of exhuberant artists who visited my painting studio. All were students in Sean Rowley’s watercolor class at Utah Tech University. There were two groups of [...]

I was pleased to have a collector purchase my two paintings at the Sears Invitational Art Show sponsored by Utah Tech University. The exhibit features over 100 paintings and will continue through [...]

I will be teaching a plein air workshop September 21-22, at the Escalante Canyons Plein Air Festival in Escalante Utah. The cost is $200 and is open to all mediums, although I will be [...]

March 16, 2023 7pm Bumbleberry Inn Theater, Springdale Free event Lyman Hafen and Roland Lee share the stage for this presentation. For more than a century, writers and artists have been telling [...]

I was pleased to find out that my painting “Desert Cowboy” was named a Top 100 finalist out of 1249 entries in the January 2023 Plein Air Salon, juried by master artists C.W. Mundy.

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 [...]