Artist Lee Fritch - Biographical Information 

Lee is a retired Research Engineer who has been an active painter since 1971, primarily in transparent watercolor but also in the new water-soluble oils for the last four years.  He has studied with many nationally recognized professional artists in workshops. Lee also teaches private lessons, has conducted regional workshops and been visiting lecturer on watercolor at several colleges.

He is a signature member of the Ohio and West Virginia Watercolor Societies and the Whiskey Painters of America. He regularly exhibits in state, regional and National shows and has won over 50 awards for his work. He was a finalist in the National Arts For the Parks competition in 2001 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and the Paint America Mini-50 Competition in 2007 and 2008.  His work has appeared in six issues of an internationally distributed calendar and in the book “100 Ways to Paint Flowers and Still Lifes”, published by the International Artists Magazine.  Thirty works are in institutional or corporate collections, including six in the collection of J.D. Rockefeller IV.

Lee particularly enjoys painting outside on-location. He and his wife have traveled extensively, abroad and in all 50 states.  Many of his landscapes are the result of works painted on these trips or sketches and photo references gathered while on travels. 

"Mother Nature, landscape and people provide endless subject matter for visual artists. I am motivated  through my art, to entertain my viewers with this visual smorgasbord that our unique planet provides.  I strive for good composition, strong light-dark patterns and color variation within shapes. My watercolors often make use of the somewhat unpredictable but exciting nature of the medium to create textures seen in nature."

Lee Fritch…Vienna, WV

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Sonoran Desert, Arizona  (see web page about this Oct 2002 trip)

Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado

Trinity River, California

Ghost Ranch, New Mexico

West Virginia