
| Artist's statement and Resume' |
| My Possibility is to have peace Joy, abundance and full self expression thriving in the world |
I have always been drawn to the sheer joy and sensuousness of color, how the intense presence of color can arouse any number of moods, stir sensations, instigate memories and stimulate consciousness. My explorations of still life for the past five years could be called “a search for the secret life of things”. Objects are carefully selected for their color, shape and association and are set in multiple light sources to heighten and modify the intensity of the image and emphasize the lyric influence of color. I observe and speculate on what the auras of different living things are and how to create a luminous “shimmer” in the viewer’s eye. My aim is to construct vibrant compositions of color that rekindle in the viewer a sense of joy peace and harmony in life. |
| Just recently I made a breakthrough using the computer as a tool to alter images of my paintings thereby creating completely new works, some of these images can be seen on the Gallery 3 Altered States and some new more classical Photos (as to process) but non the less unique as to content are in gallery7 on this website. |
ARTIST RESUME:
445 College Street Lewiston, Maine 04240 Robert@robertgibsonart.com E-Mail robert @robertgibsonart.com Phone 207-795-0325 EXHIBITIONS : 2007 July- Aug Featured Artist- Flanagan Fine Arts 15 Free St. Portland, Me Group Exhibit 2007, Aug - Sept “Dancing with Light” a juried exhibit Turner Center for the Arts 2007 April- June Turner Center for the Arts “Dreams Remembered” a Juried Exhibit 2007, Feb - April Considered Concepts, an Invitational Exhibit, Abstract and Non-objective Work 2007 Jan-Mar Atrium Art Gallery, University of Southern Maine “Area Artists” a juried show 2006-2007 Solo Show Hardy Wolf and Downing 186 Lisbon St, Lewiston 2006 “The Voice of Color” A Juried Exhibit Turner Center for the Arts Jurors, Andre’ Versosa 2005 Oct.-Nov. One Person Exhibit “Vivid Response” The Calitano Gallery, Portland, Maine 2004 Feb-May One person Show “The Color of Not So Stil Still Lifes" T J’s Restaurant, Auburn, Maine 2004 Jan-Feb “The Figure Revealed”, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
2003 Sep-Oct “The Figure Revealed”, University of Southern Maine, Lewiston Auburn College Lewiston,
2003 Apr “The Capital to the Mountain Counties”, Maine State House, Augusta, Maine 2003-2004 One Person Exhibition, Clear Channel Broadcasting, Augusta, Maine 2002 Apr All Maine Invitational Exhibit and Auction, L.A. College, Lewiston Maine 2001 Jun One Person Show, the Gibbs Library, Washington, Maine 2001 Feb Area Artists Show, L.A. College/ the Blaine House and Maine Arts Commission, Lewiston and Augusta, Maine 2001 Mar-May L.A. Arts Art invitational Exhibit and Auction, Lewiston Maine 2001 Mar-Jun One Person Show Clear Channel Broadcasting, Augusta Maine 2000 Jun-Aug “Eloquent Objects”, Olin Arts Center, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine 2000 Aug Giant outdoor painting, Maine Festival of the Arts, Brunswick, Maine 1999 Feb Four Person Show, East Douglas Art Center, East Douglas, MA 1995 Winter One Person Show, Kennebec Valley Medical Center, Augusta, Maine 1993 Jul Four Person Show, Artfellows Gallery, Belfast, Maine 1992 Fall UMVA Mid-Coast Four Member Show, Waldoboro, Maine 1992 Spring One Person Show, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, Maine 1989 Union of Maine Visual Artists Show, Portland, Maine 1989 One Person Show, Renaissance Gallery, Farmingdale, Maine 1988-1989 The Center for the Arts Juried Show, Bath, Maine 1988 Retrospective Show, Renaissance Gallery, Farmingdale, Maine 1988 Featured Artist, Unitarian Church, Augusta, Maine 1987 New Directions Art Show, Waldoboro, Maine 1986 Portland Area Art Show, Portland, Maine 1986 Hallowell Area Business Exhibit, Hallowell, Maine 1986 Poster Design Ralph Nader Consumer Event 1985 Cover Art, Town Report, Whitefield, Maine 1985 Featured Artist in Sheepscott Valley Artisans Show 1984 Kennebec Valley Art Association Show, Hallowell, Maine 1971 Worcester Art Museum Area Show, Worcester, Mass. |