Keyword: Baroque
Red Light, Blue Light
This moody, mask-like portrait hides as much as it reveals. The central character in a series based on Elizabeth Smart’s autobiographical novel, By Grand Central Station I Sat down and Wept, the woman is caught in an intersection of coloured lights and
Is Painting Obsolete?
In the 1970s and 80s, teachers and students at NSCAD were challenged to examine the nature of the media with which they worked. In this manifesto-like sketchbook entry, Robert asks himself, “Is painting obsolete?” He begins by noting that “Something
The Lavishness of My Feelings
To his friends, Robert was noted for his reticence and quiet disposition. However his “Seal Upon Thine Heart” paintings were based on an Elizabeth Smart novel noted for its dense outpouring of words and emotion. Smart referred to this as “The Lavishness of
A Seal Upon Thine Heart
This image looks more like the cover of a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel, detailing the comic labyrinth of human passion, than an example of the deadpan school of Canadian social realism. The image does have a literary connection, one of a series
Prufrock
This small cartoon illustrates T.S. Eliot’s poem, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” Robert builds upon the poem’s references to art and the Bible, adding in a television and Hollywood Oscar statuette: the invasion of pop culture into high