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| Roland Lee at the Zion Plein Air Art Invitational |
The Zion Plein Air Art Invitational will happen again this year in the fall. I am pleased to be one of 15 artists to participate in the November 4-9, 2024 art event. Sponsored by the Zion Forever Project and the Worthington Gallery in Springdale, the six-day event will feature daily painting demonstrations, wet paint sale, and auction. Plan to be there.
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| Roland Lee Zion Plein Air Art Invitational |
My friend Steve Manwaring and I enjoyed a couple of days at my "Studio in East Zion" and were able to paint in Zion National Park both days. With the temperature over 100 degrees in St. George, it was nice to enjoy temperatures in the 80's, along with shade and a cool breeze in Zion.
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| Steve Manwaring plein air painting in Zion National Park |
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| Roland Lee plein air painting in Zion National Park |
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| Roland Lee "Studio at East Zion" with my "Art Assault Vehicle" a 1988 Toyota pickup with camper. |
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| John and Summer Stratton with their new painting by Roland Lee |
I was please to have John and Summer Stratton stop by the Gallery 35 las Saturday and purchase an original watercolor "Zion's Approach" for their home. Summer is also a watercolor painter. I am so grateful to every collector for their interest in my paintings.
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| Roland Lee plein air painting in Zion National Park |
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| James Barrett and Roland Lee |
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| Venna Barrett with Roland Lee painting just purchased |
Venna Barrett and her son James purchased my painting, "Walking Through Time." James works for SpaceX on the Starlink program and has hiked Angels Landing in Zion Park many times. He and his mother Venna are wonderful art collectors and avid hikers.
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. |
