All Posts Tagged "Travels and Hikes"

Camping at Pine Valley Reservoir with “Old Blue” my 1988 Toyota truck and Six Pac camper. Nellie and I took “Old Blue” up to beautiful Pine Valley last night for a little [...]

Singing in the rain. Karen Bettilyon, Julie Strong, and Sally Valiton duck for cover during the Roland Lee watercolor painting workshop Abraham and Isaac poke their heads into the clouds as rain [...]

I’ve been working on a series of new watercolor paintings of Zion National Park. Most are at the framer right now but I’ll post a few over the next week or so. To see more new [...]

We’re enjoying a quiet weekend tending Clear Creek Family Ranch for my son Jon while he and his family travel to a mission homecoming. The weather is amazing, the scenery is tops, and the [...]

I have been painting steadily since our trip to Italy and Europe. Many of the paintings are sold but I have completed a few new small paintings. All of these are available.  If you want to [...]

Castle Neuschwanstein in Germany – Roland Lee watercolor painting Tuscan Countryside in Italy – Roland Lee watercolor painting A new show of paintings from my October trip to Germany, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Nellie and I in Germany below Castle Neuschwanstein We just returned from 18 days in Europe. The weather was wonderful and the scenery spectacular. I filled a sketchbook with drawings and [...]

Roland Lee painting Thor’s Hammer along the trail below the rim at Bryce Canyon National Park. It’s amazing how many people want to stop and look over your shoulder when you’re [...]

Artist Roland Lee making a sketch in his field book on a research trip of the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. Photo by Dr. Robert L. Eves What a week! Nellie and I enjoyed four days [...]

We will be traveling the incredible scenic backroads of Utah for the next three days as I explore and paint the geologic wonders of the Grand Staircase. I will be traveling with two noted geology [...]

Primitive camping at Sand Hollow Reservoir with my 1992 Six Pac Super Mini Camper and classic 1988 Toyota 4 x 4 pickup Some people may call it vacationing, but for an artist any trip into the [...]

My new Six Pac Super Mini camper traveling art studio on location at Arches National Park It’s not really new–in fact I would call it pure vintage–but it is going to be my new [...]

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 [...]

Drew uses his sketchbook to study the values and shapes of the red cliffs during a Roland Lee drawing class Because drawing is so fundamental to all the visual arts, I try to teach at least one [...]

We are in Ridgecrest California for a few days, teaching a watercolor workshop for the Desert Artists League. Yesterday on the way down we took a sidetrip through Death Valley National Park. [...]

The Arts to Zion Art Studio Tour recently filmed a short video interview with watercolor artist Roland Lee in his studio. Roland talks about his painting career and how he draws inspiration from [...]

Enjoying a few days in beautiful New Mexico with APPL meetings in Albuquerque and gallery hopping in Santa Fe. Santa Fe is one of the great locations for western art with literally hundreds of [...]

Roland Lee demonstrates how to do a watercolor painting at Zion National park I was invited to do a watercolor painting demonstration for about 80 people during the Zion National Park Plein Air [...]

Watercolor Painting Workshop participants at the Flaming Gorge Resort The weather was warm and sunny as we gathered at the wonderful Flaming Gorge Resort for a two-day workshop sponsored by the [...]