JR was recently highlighted in an article written by Zak Podmore of the Canyon Echo in Bluff, Utah. See below for an excerpt from the article and click here to read the full article.

86 Paintings and Counting: Artist JR Lancaster’s Bears Ears Series

“I don’t really see the [Bears Ears series] as a political thing,” he says, “but if I were to exhibit it, I would promote the protection of the monument, because a lot of people outside of this area really don’t know what cliff dwellings and rock art are. That’s why we have people coming in, taking pottery, doing graffiti — because they’re not educated.”