Photo of watercolor artist Roland Lee sketching in Zion National Park, UtahThe Artist :
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Watercolor Paintings by Roland Lee
Over the past 30 years Utah artist Roland Lee has become internationally recognized for his transparent watercolor paintings of the Southwest, rural America, and European landscapes. His watercolor landscape paintings are now in over 1,000 museum, university, corporate, and private art collections throughout the world. Roland Lee is also a popular watercolor workshop instructor and enjoys sharing his watercolor painting techniques through step by step tutorials and free painting lessons on his blog. He paints full time from his art gallery and painting studio in St. George, Utah, near Zion National Park. Biography of Roland Lee

Paint the Parks Top 1oo painting by Roland LeeCurrent Art Shows:
Top 100 "Paint the Parks"
Grand Canyon National Park April 9, 2008. Paint the Parks 2008 exhibit schedule. "Five Minutes of Fame" and Mini 50 "Winter in Zion". Spring Salon Springville Art Museum April 27 - July 6, "Cliffs on Fire." Utah Watercolor Society Palmer's Gallery May 15-June 16, "Banjo Man" and "Stone Buttress." New Visions Opens May 16, 2008 in Santa Clara. See ad in Southwest Art Magazine. Southern Virginia Invitational April 11 - July 31, 2008. Sears Invitational Art Show Dixie State College through March 15, 2008. Click for complete list of current and past shows.

World Travels:
Europe 2008
Roland will be travelling in England, Belgium and the Netherlands in May and June 2008. Watch for updates on his travel blog, and look for a fall exhibit featuring new European and English paintings.

Art Lessons & Workshops:
2008 Painting Workshops
Roland Lee will offer several 2-day watercolor workshops in 2008. Only 8 students per class. register now. Click to see his class demonstration on "How to Paint Skies" in a desert painting.
2008 San Antonio Texas Roland presented a 4-day watercolor painting workshop for the San Antonio Watercolor Group in Spring 2008. Contact Roland about scheduling a workshop for your watercolor group.

Roland lee painting of St. George LDS Temple on cover of Pioneer MagazineIn the News:
Roland Lee Paintings Featured in "Pioneer Magazine"

Three Roland Lee historical Utah paintings are in the current issue of "Pioneer Magazine." "St. George Magazine" April 2008 article on Roland Lee workshops. A profile called "Roland Lee: A Love of Art and Teaching" appears in the May 2007 issue of "15 bytes." Roland's painting "Lake Powell Panorama" is in "Art-Talk" magazine April 2007. A 5-page article about Roland Lee's travel sketch books appeared in the April 2006 issue of The Drawing Board Magazine and The Artist's Magazine.

Thawing Out - Watercolor by Roland Lee won 3rd place in the 4th Annual Shenandoah Invitational Art ExhibitRecent Exhibits & Awards:
Top 100 Arts for the Parks
, Top 50 Paint the Parks, Best of Show SUWS

Roland Lee has two paintings touring the US in 2008 with the Paint the Parks Top 100 20th annual National Competition. Southern Virginia University - April 2008, 3rd Place Watercolor with "Brick House. Roland's painting "Lake Powell Morning" received 3rd Place watercolor at the 2008 Sears Invitational Art Show. Roland received Best of Show at both the Southern Utah Watercolor Society Fall 2007 and Visual Arts Association Fall 2007 competitions. In addition Roland's painting "Fly Fisherman" received "Best of Show" at the Lucky 13 International Juried Show in Nevada. The St. George Art Museum recently hosted "Roland Lee's Canyon Country"an Exhibit of 30 paintings plus sketchbooks. View all Previous Exhibits

Free Painting Lessons
Step-by-Step Watercolor Painting Tutorials:
Watercolor painting of English Church by Utah artist Roland LeeEnglish Church Painting
Art lesson: See how Roland plans and paints an old church in the countryside of England's Yorkshire Dales area.
How to paint the Rocks and Cliffs of Lake Powell
Artr Painting Demonstration: See the watercolor techniques Roland Lee uses for painting rocks and skies in this tutorial.
How to Paint Water Reflections
Watercolor Painting Techniques: Learn Roland Lee's step-by-step painting techniques for water reflections in this painting of Lake Powell.
Lake Powell demo

watercolor painting of Kolob Canyons Zion National Park UtahArt Books:
Paintings of Zion Canyon by Roland Lee

The Zion Natural History Association book store is featuring "Mukuntuweap, Landscape & Story in Zion Canyon" a beautiful collector art book featuring 40 watercolor paintings of Zion Canyon and Zion National Park by Roland Lee, with essays by ZNHA executive director, Lyman Hafen. Order art books


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Roland Lee's Art Blog
Step by Step Demo Zion's River
How to paint water in Zion
Read the latest blog entries
St. George Art Festival
How to paint snow in watercolor

New Sketchbook Drawings

Mexico Cruise Sketchbook
How to Paint Skies in Watercolor
How to - Painting the Desert Demo
Zion Canyon Painting Techniques
Watercolor Technique - Duck Creek

Gallery of New watercolor Paintings
Cliffs on Fire - Painting of Red Mesat Desert Dance - Painting of Utah Desert Zions River - Painting of Zion Nat'l Park
Zion Canyon Sunlight - Painting of River

Winter Reflections - Painting Utah Snow
Powell Panorama - Painting of Wahweap
Zion Canyon - Painting of Zion Park
Sagebrush Serenade - Painting of Kayenta
Virgin River - Painting of Zion Canyon
Moki Canyon - Painting of Lake Powell

Classic Clouds - Painting of Desert
Schloss Ortenstein - Castle in Switzerland
Flowers for Liesl - Painting of Rothenburg

Forest Farm - Painting of Switzerland
Swiss Village - Painting of Switzerland

English Church - Painting of Hawes

Tower at Blarney Castle, Ireland
Kolob Canyons - Painting Zion National Park
Thatched Cottage Ireland painting
English Lake - Painting of England
Castle Ruins Macroom England painting
Sheep May Safely Graze - Yorkshire Dales
Walk in the Irish Rain, Muckross House

Kolob Canyon Trail, Zion National Park

Shuntavi Butte - Painting of Zion Kolobs
Walls of Stone - Zion National Park
Afternoon Light - Kolob Canyons Painting
American Dream - Painting of Vermont
Kayenta Morning - Painting of southern Utah
Vermont Farm Watercolor Painting
Painting of Farm near Westmore Vermont
Autumn Barn - Northeast kindom Vermont
Zion Canyon Painting - Mtn of the Sun

Ivins Reservoir - Painting of Utah
Barbara's Yard - Watercolor Ivins Utah
Lake Willoughby Docks - Watercolor Vermont
Lake Willoughby - Vermont Painting
Autumn in Westmore - New England.
October Lake house - Vermont Paintingt
Quiet Creek - Watercolor in New England
Still Water Sunset - Cook Islands Painting
Windswept Island - Cook Islands Painting
Visiting One Foot Island - Aitutaki Painting
Rarotonga Bungalow - Cook Islands

Low Tide Sunset - Watercolor of Aitutaki
Vakas on the Beach - South Pacific Painting
Smith Family Farm - Palmyra NY
Susquehanna River - Pennsylvania

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