I was pleased that my old painting buddy, Steve Manwaring, stopped by and purchased a small painting I had done on location in Zion Park. He and I have scheduled a couple of on-location painting trips in the future.
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| Steve Manwaring and Roland Lee with plein air painting |
I was pleased to sell this painting at the Gallery 35 today to some collectors from Texas.
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| "Kolob Canyon Rising" sold to the Watsons at Gallery 35. |
I am thrilled with my new studio arrangement in east Zion National Park. I have converted one of our cabins to a permanent studio and we three days up there each week. Here are a couple of paintings I completed in the new studio this month.
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| Roland Lee painting done in my east Zion Studio |
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| Roland Lee painting done in my east Zion Studio |
I am enjoying spending three days a week at my cabin studio at east Zion National Park. My studio is working out just fine, plus I have been going into Zion each day to do some plein air painting. It is working out so well I don't know why I didn't do this sooner.
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| "Lone Pine" painted en plein air in Zion National Park. |
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| Roland Lee painting done on location in Zion. |
My painting "Resting Peacefully" was accepted into the Associates only online exhibit which runs from June 6 to August 20, 2024. The painting is on the AWS YouTube page.
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| "Resting Peacefully" watercolor by Roland Lee. American Watercolor Society Associates show. |
Plein Air Salon Semi-finalist. I am one of 184 artists who received First Place in separate categories of the monthly "Plein Air Salon" competition in 2023. We are now semi-finalists for the annual awards which will be presented at PACE conference May 20-24, 2024. My chances are slim, but its an honor to make it this far out of the 1000's of entries. The competition is sponsored by Plein Air Magazine.
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| Roland Lee semi-finalist in $50,000 13th annual Plein air Salon Art Competition |
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| Roland Lee semi-finalist in $50,000 13th annual Plein air Salon Art Competition |
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| Roland Lee semi-finalist in $50,000 13th annual Plein air Salon Art Competition |
The Zion National Park Plein Air Art Invitational is on again November 9 - 14, 2024 and I have once again been invited as one of the 15 participating artists. The popular event was cancelled during the Covid years but has now been revived by the Zion Forever Project in cooperation with the Worthington Art Gallery in Springdale, Utah. Don't miss it.
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| Roland Lee is one of 15 artists invited to the 2024 Zion National Park Plein Air Invitational |
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| Finally at work in my permanent studio at East Zion |
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| My cabin studio at East Zion |
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| Roland Lee painting en plein air in east Zion National Park |
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| Roland Lee painting en plein air in east Zion National Park |
It's always a joy to find out one of my paintings makes it in to one of the big shows. My painting, "Hope of Dawn," was juried into the 2024 International Juried Watercolor West exhibition. The 56th Annual International Exhibition will be displayed July 6 - August 3, 2024 at Coastline College in Southern California.
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| "Hope of Dawn" watercolor by Roland Lee. Watercolor West 56th Annual International Exhibition |
I am excited to learn that my painting "Through Canyons Like This" was juried into the Utah Watercolor Society Spring 2024 Open Exhibition. This show will be on display at the Visual Art Institute in Salt Lake City, UT starting May 10 through June 13, 2024. If you get a chance stop by and see the show.
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| "Through Canyons Like This" juried in to the UWS Spring open exhibition |
