St. George Art Festival First Place Award
My new 20-foot long tent served us well this year “Sinawava Silence” received two First Place awards at this years showWe enjoyed two days of sunny St. George weather Easter […]
Sunshine and Good Times Come Together at the St. George Art Festival
We enjoyed great sunny weather and huge crowds at the St. George Art Festival over the weekend. All in all it was a success with good painting sales and pleasant […]
How to Help Kids Enjoy Art
Above: Max hard at work on a complex pencil drawing. Left: Does this look like fun or what? Hannah, Alyssa, and Megan create masterpieces. While in the Richfield area for […]
Painting with the Grandkids
Nellie and I flew to Houston for a week of visiting our grandkids Matty, Katie, and Ally. Of course we got in a little quality art time with Grandpa’s special […]
PLein Air Festival Brings New Collectors
The two-day Sale portion of the Thanksgiving Point Plein Air Festival began today. I was fortunate to have Katherine Piper purchase my watercolor painting of “The Secret Garden” this [...]
The Next Generation of Artists, and boy are they good!
Okay so I took a month off of blogging, but I wasn’t slacking. Nellie and I have been on the road visiting our grandkids — and since we’ve got 20 […]
Thoughts on Turning 60
Well I finally reached the pinnacle of my life. Yep, I turned 60. Of course, just when I thought I would start getting senior discounts, they pushed the “real” senior […]
Hiking with the grandkids in Zion National Park
We had a board meeting of the Zion Natural History Association March 21 at Zion National Park. The meeting lasted all morning and concluded with a nice lunch. My daughter […]
My Newest Work of Art – A Masterpiece!
I thought I’d show you all my latest artistic creation. During the Zion Centennial Art Show festivities Nellie was noticeably absent. She was home watching our grandkids while Jon and […]
My New Grandson
Early this morning we celebrated the arrival of a new grandson. He is our 16th grandchild, so we are very experienced grandparents–professionals actually. We had no idea our grandkids would [...]
Young Artists
My grandkids visited this week from Highland Utah. and created this fantastic artwork while I was giving my presentation at the St. George Art Museum Thursday night.
Washington County Library Dedication 2007
Photo above l to r: Ben Rogers the library architect and his wife Michelle; Ben’s mother and Nellie’s sister-in-law Anna Marie Rogers Budge; Nellie Lee; and Roland Lee standing in [...]
Award at the Sears Invitational Art Show
I have participated in the Sears Invitational Art Show for some years, which is held annually in the Eccles Art Gallery at Dixie State College. I entered two very large […]
Emma Paints in Grandpa’s Studio
My daughter Jennie and my two little granddaughters Emma and Ellie came to spend the week with us. I always like to let the grandkids have a turn painting in […]
Exhibit Opening at the Mission Gallery
Jane Juber, owner of the Mission Gallery and Authentique Gallery in St. George, Utah, put on a wonderful three-day show featuring six of her gallery artists. Last night she invited […]
