Cedar's Studio Archives - Art by Cedar Lee

About My Costa Rica Artist Residency

Cedar Lee / February 9, 2024

I’ve just returned home from my artist residency in Costa Rica, where I lived and worked for the entire month […]

Cedar Lee / September 17, 2022

Portland-area people. Come by my studio for a visit during Portland Open Studios! Portland Open Studios is a two-weekend-long event taking

Cedar Lee / October 6, 2021

Portland-area people. Come by for a visit during Portland Open Studios! 10am-5pm October 9, 10, 16 & 17. All the

Cedar Lee / September 11, 2021

Heads up: The Portland Open Studios event is now only 4 weeks away! I cannot believe how fast time seems to be

Cedar Lee / December 29, 2020

Here is “Appalachian Fall!” It is a 3-panel vertical painting spanning three live edge slabs taken from the trunk of

Cedar Lee / October 11, 2020

Portland Open Studios has finally begun! I’ve been following along, watching all my fellow Portland artists giving their fascinating talks

Cedar Lee / January 19, 2020

I explain here for oil painters why I “oil out” all my paintings before adding the final coat of varnish.

Cedar Lee / January 9, 2020

The practice of identifying the essential and cutting out the rest is a crucial skill for artists when it comes

Cedar Lee / April 3, 2017

As you know, much of my 2017 so far has been consumed by these paintings depicting solar eclipse fantasy landscapes, most

Cedar Lee / November 7, 2016

Here is “Deep Roots and Milky Way,” the newest addition to my Tree of Life series. This is a commissioned