ROLAND LEE SHORT BIO 2025

Roland Lee is an avid landscape painter who has been painting for over 50 years. His original paintings are in over 2400 art collections worldwide. He is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society, Watercolor West, and Utah Watercolor Society. His work has been featured in Artist’s magazine, Plein Air magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, Southwest Art, Western Art and Architecture, and Western Art Collector magazines among others.

His landscape paintings of the National Parks have become icons. He is featured in the PBS Utah documentary “Call of the Canyon – Zion National Park,” and the book Discovering Zion, a Pictorial Guide to Zion National Park. His work is also featured in several other art books including “Art of the National Parks,” “A Century of Sanctuary, the Art of Zion National Park,” and “Painters of Utah’s Canyons and Deserts.”

Roland is a former full-time college art teacher and has produced 20 instructional painting videos, many of which are found on YouTube and has taught painting workshops across America.

Roland enjoys painting from his cabin studio at East Zion, and at his home studio in historic downtown St. George. He and his wife Nellie have five adult children, 29 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Mailing address: 54 East 300 South #6, St. George, UT 84770. 435-673-1988. www.rolandlee.com