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Show - .? vA Former Panguitch mayor Wallace G. Lee, who retired from his Panguitch Pan-guitch dental practice in 1989, has enjoyed substantial success since as an accomplished artist. His most recent works goon display Apr. 10. Former Panguitch Mayor, Retired Dentist, Enjoys His New Career As An Artist ST. GEORGE ''Landmarks", an exhibition of recent works by area artist Wallace Glen Lee, opens at the St. George Art Museum in the Legacy Gallery on Friday, April 10. This presentation will be on display at the Art Museum, 47 East 200 North, through May 30. A reception for this exhibit will be held on May 1 from 6- 9 p.m. Admission to museum events are free and the public is invited to attend. Wallace Glen Lee, artist, retired dentist, and former mayor of Pan-guitch Pan-guitch was born in Panguitch, and graduated from Northwestern University Uni-versity Dental School in Chicago. In 1987, Dr. Lee was one of the . recipients to be awarded the Southern South-ern Utah Honors Award and Medallion Medal-lion at Southern Utah University. He is married to Joan Adele Adams and they have three children (two living and one deceased). His sons and their families live in Panguitch where his namesake, Wallace A. Lee serves as Garfield County Attorney At-torney and David G. Lee has followed fol-lowed in his father's footsteps as a dentist. Dr. Lee retired from dentistry in December 1989 after 32 years of practice and started his art career in January 1990. He registered for art classes with art teachers Max Bunnell Bun-nell and Del Parson at Dixie College. Col-lege. In addition to instruction at Dixie College, there are numerous artists whom Wallace has studied with and who have been influential in his work. In Landmarks, Lee contemplates (See MAYORARTIST Page 3A) Former Panguitch Mayor Is Successful Artist From Front Page the physical and symbolic landmarks land-marks of our lives. With a special interest in early explorations and migrations into unknown locals, he expresses "I have often contem- plated on the feelings that settlers of Utah and southern Utah must have felt as landmarks came into view to give them a sense of direction direc-tion and an estimate of distance traveled and . distance remaining. And the feelings of reverence that the native Americans surely felt for these same landmarks." "Landmarks can also be man-made man-made - such as the Old Woodward School whose influence guided the direction taken by the many students stu-dents who passed through its doors or by wayside inns that beckoned the weary traveler". Additionally, Lee contemplates personal landmarks, "We might also consider landmarks as periods in individual lives such as the discovery dis-covery of fallen leaves to a young child or the change in direction taken in later years as life circumstances circum-stances shift." "Wally" has received numerous awards for his art over the years. Most recently, he received first place in the 1998 watercolor division divi-sion at the Dixie Invitational Art Show at Dixie College. In 1997 he received second place at the Cedar City Art Committee's 56th Annual Art Exhibition at the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery at SUU where he also received a "Purchase Award". Also in 1997, he received the "People's Choice Award" at the Zions Bank Staircase Art Gallery in St. George and the "Merit Award" from the Nevada Watercolor Society in Las Vegas. His painting, "The First Christmas in Dixie" was accepted for exhibition at the L.D.S. Museum Mu-seum of Church History and Art in Salt Lake City at their "150 Years of Pioneering" International Art Competition during 1997. Currently, he is a signature member of the Nevada Watercolor Society and he teaches art classes part-time at Dixie College. Most recently, his painting "Bluff was juried into the 1998 Western Federation Fed-eration of Watercolor Societies 23rd Exhibition in Lubbock, Texas. The Western Federation of Water- color Societies is Comprised of eleven western states. Lee paints mostly in watercolor but is also adept with oil and pastel. pas-tel. His main subjects are the southern Utah landscapes. He also enjoys portraiture. In addition to Landmarks on exhibit at the St. George Art Museum, his work also be seen at the Roland Lee Art Gallery Gal-lery in St. George. Concurrently on display at the Art Museum is "Art From the Inside: An Exhibition Exhibi-tion by the St. George Arts Commission" Com-mission" and "The Contemporary Mormon Artist." |
