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I have just mounted a completely new show of paintings at LaFave Gallery in Springdale UT. If you are on your way to Zion National Park, stop by and say hello to Kathy, and take a look at my new [...]

When Carolyn Lord and Spike Ress put their heads together, they came up with a grand idea to honor the late great watercolor artist and teacher Milford Zornes. A fall retreat, at his former [...]

About 15 recognized watercolorists will gather at the summer home and studio of the late Milford Zornes in Mt. Carmel, Utah October 11-15, 2017. The purpose is to not only pay tribute to, but [...]

This painting is part of the Dixie Watercolor Society component of the traveling Smithsonian exhibit “The Way We Worked.” It features scenes of people working from pioneer times to [...]

Thanks to Connie Goulding for inviting me to spend a few hours with her art classes at Valley High School in Orderville, UT. They hadn’t been introduced to watercolor yet, so I gave them [...]

Well the only thing to say as the Plein Air Utah Rendezvous comes to an end is WOW! Over 100 artists, instructors, and guest lecturers came together for four days of outdoor painting, [...]

I will be heading to Midway Utah this week for the exciting “Plein Air Utah” event September 13-16, 2017. Headquartered at the town community center at 120 West Main, the event [...]

I was pleased to have Jeff and Susan Walker purchase my big watercolor painting ‘Duck Creek Deadfall” recently. A watercolor of the Duck Creek area of Cedar Mountain, Utah, it [...]

This past summer, in addition to attending a number of plein air events, I have been working on some studio paintings for a new book that will be published next year. The book is tentatively [...]

A group show of plein air landscape paintings featuring Utah National Parks will be on display for a couple of weeks at the Syracuse Community Art Center. The paintings are the result of [...]

One of the fun things about teaching art is getting to know other artists and see their work. I was recently contacted by a California artist who had purchased one of my instructional videos. Not [...]

I conducted a plein air watercolor workshop this summer at the Bryce Canyon and Zion Canyon areas. A body of work created by participating artists will be on display at the Syracuse Community [...]

I enjoyed participating in the Bryce Canyon National Park Geology Festival. Painting outdoors on the rim each day at Sunset and Inspiration Points, I was able to share with park visitors the joy [...]

I was pleased to be awarded Signature Membership in the Utah Watercolor Society at their membership meeting in Salt Lake City. Acceptance in eight annual shows are required for admittance. My [...]

Just finished a couple of new paintings of the Zion Narrows in Zion National Park. I’m probably getting too old to safely walk on slippery bowling balls through rushing ice-cold water, but [...]

  I will have lots of new original watercolor paintings on display at the St. George Art Festival April 14-15. Be sure stop by my display (Booth C-15). Now in it’s 38th year, this [...]

I am pleased to have two of my paintings grace the pages of the beautiful “Sojourns Magazine.” If you haven’t seen this amazing magazine yet, you need to either join the Zion [...]

Salt Lake Magazine ran an article featuring my paintings and discussed my eight-year participation in the Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational. “Art of Wonder, Roland Lee [...]

A glorious autumn week in Zion National Park with nothing more to do than paint — now this is what every artist dreams. I was thrilled to join with 23 other invited artists who spent the [...]

The National Park paintings of Roland Lee and Royden Card are on display through November 13, 2016 at Gallery 35 in St. George UT. In conjunction with the National Parks Centennial, Arts to Zion [...]

Writer Lyman Hafen wrote an article for Etched magazine about the 2016 Zion National Park Plein Air Art event. I am fortunate that he chose me as the featured artist as he discussed how I paint [...]

At the recent opening of the fall Utah Watercolor Exhibit I was very pleased to win the “Juror’s Award” for my painting “Misty Morning Zion.” But I was completely [...]

I had the privilege recently to participate in a great outdoor oil painting workshop with one of my favorite plein air artists, Brian Mark Taylor. What a pleasure to be able to watch him sort out [...]

I was pleased to have two paintings juried in to the Fall 2016 Utah Watercolor Society Exhibition to be held next month in Salt Lake City. The exhibit begins with a reception on October 7 and [...]