Robert Sholties

Statement: Over 45 years, my work has evolved from elaborate black and white doodles to increasingly detailed figurative paintings. They reflect my take on our human existence -- our relations with each other, other living things, and our environment. I’ve had an ongoing self and formal education in the Sciences with particular interests in our alteration of the natural world. I tend to explore the hypocrisies, cruelties, and absurdities prevalent in our dealings with each other and with nature. In general, I envision a rather dark world, but still leave room for beauty, hope, and occasionally, humor. While trying to establish relationships among the images within individual pieces, my work includes mysteries which are open to interpretation, as those which occur in dreams.

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‘The Tide is Higher’, Acrylic on canvas, 28" x 32"

‘Life is Hard’, Acrylic on canvas, 28" x 34"

‘A Day in the Forest’, Acrylic on canvas, 28" x 36"

‘Chaos in Paradise’, Acrylic on canvas, 32" x 30"

‘Nowhere to Run’, Acrylic on canvas, 30" x 34"

‘Fire’, Acrylic on canvas, 30" x 40"