Roland Lee and Brad Holt will present plein air painting demonstrations prior to a silent auction on Friday afternoon July 15, 2016 at the Giant Steps Lodge in Brian Head, UT Get ready for the [...]

Paintings by ten of America’s top plein air artists completed during the Arts Afire plein air event at Cedar Breaks National Monument are on display at the Southern Utah Museum of Art [...]

Kathy LaFave (left) and Roland Lee with a blank sheet before beginning his watercolor painting demonstration at LaFave Gallery in Springdale Utah The Zion Watchman 10 x 14 watercolor painting [...]

Irene Emett presents Roland Lee with a 1981 copy of Art West magazine which featured Roland’s work as a new artist. What a fun experience I had yesterday at the St. George Art Festival. A [...]

Art Collector Rachel Carignan and artist Roland Lee “Pine Valley Autumn” original watercolor by Roland Lee  Art Collector Rachel Carignan purchased my new painting “Pine [...]

I will be exhibiting a number of new original paintings at the St. George outdoor Art Festival this Friday and Saturday in the St. George City Town Square. The show runs from about 10am until 6pm [...]

“Watchman Glow” a watercolor painting of Zion National Park by Roland Lee is on display at LaFave Gallery Last Saturday we delivered 8 new paintings of Zion National Park to Kathy [...]

Tonight was the opening banquet and reception for the 28th annual Robert and Peggy Sears Invitational Art Show on the campus of Dixie State University. The show features works by about 135 [...]

Roland Lee watercolor painting of the Ponte Vecchio Bridge in Florence I attended the reception for the 2015 Spring Exhibit and competition of the Dixie Watercolor Society tonight. Participation [...]

You are invited to an art show and sale of new paintings from my recent trip to Italy, Germany, and Switzerland. I have been working on both small and large paintings which include the colorful [...]

At the request of many of my students I am posting some of the plein air watercolor paintings completed at the Zion National Park Plein Air Art Festival.  Plus a little about my outdoor [...]

My wife, Nellie, shows off the certificate I won  for People’s Choice at the Zion National Park Plein Air event I was pleased to win the “People’s Choice” award at [...]

Roland Lee plein air Painting of “Patriarch Falls at “Court of the Patriarchs” in Zion National Park “Patriarch Falls” plein air painting at Zion National Park by [...]

Roland Lee paints in Kolob Fingers area during Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational The annual Zion National Park Plein Air Invitational Art Show kicks off this weekend. 24 artists are [...]

Roland Lee plein air paints historic Judd’s Store during Saturday paint out at opening of Fibonacci’s Main Street Gallery in St. George. Jason Bowen and Steve McGinty also painted [...]

I am proud to have been invited to be part of a three-man show this weekend at the newly opened Fibonacci Main Street Gallery in St. George Utah. The show kicks off the evening of Friday October [...]

Utah Governor Gary Herbert and First Lady Jeanette Herbert pose with artist Roland Lee after awarding him the Utah Governor’s Mansion Artist Award for Visual Arts August 20.     [...]

Roland Lee will receive the Governors Mansion Artist Award August 20 at a reception and art show of his paintings at the governor’s mansion in Salt Lake City, Utah on August 20, 2014. Photo [...]

The Plein Air Painters of Utah gathered in St. George May 4 for a special paintout and show at the elegant Fibonacci Gallery in St. George Uah. After a morning of plein air painting amid St. [...]

I recently had the pleasure to meet and talk to a wonderful group of people from the Salt Lake city area. The group meets regularly to study various topics, and had asked me to talk about art and [...]

“Split Rock Splendor” 8 x 12 watercolor by Roland Lee was painted as a demonstration at Split Rock Gallery “Art of the National Parks” Show and book signing Art collector [...]

This Roland Lee painting of East Temple in Zion National Park appears in the book, “Art of the National Parks” and will be displayed at a book signing event and show April 25 at Split [...]

The paintings of artist Roland Lee are featured in this new award-winning book. Eight of the featured artists will participate in a special show and book signing April 25-26 Book signing and art [...]

Artist Roland Lee stands by his award-winning painting at the 2014 Sears Invitational Art Show at Dixie State University in Utah I submitted two paintings to the Sears Invitational Art Show at [...]