Artist Biography
Rob Comtpon is primarily a self-taught painter, who has learned to paint by studying past masters and contemporary artists, by close observation of the natural world, and most importantly by working with the medium on a near daily basis. He lives and works in College Hill, an historic neighborhood of Wichita, KS. Rob has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows regionally--including a solo exhibition at The Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery in Lindsborg, KS, and he has shown in juried competitions around the country, where he has earned several special recognitions. His work is in dozens of private collections nationally, and is owned by several Midwestern businesses and organizations. He is a member of the The American Impressionist Society and the Kansas Academy of Oil Painters. Most recently Rob has been exploring acrylic and mixed-media imagery.
Artist Statement
I no longer try to define myself as a representational artist or an abstract artist. Instead, my paintings continuously explore a means to create works that are both meditative and dramatic. For this, I look to an assortment of traditions: Impressionist landscapes, chromatic Abstract Expressionism, and Eastern spiritualism to name a few. With these concepts in mind, I patrol a vast archive of images and symbols and then attempt to interpret them in the best way I know how—by letting the paint guide me. It is my hope that in my paintings you will find that a snapshot of imagery produces timeless meditative qualities.
"San Luis Sunset" is a new piece I feel strongly about. It is currently on exhibit at Lovett's Gallery in Tulsa Oklahoma
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Riney Fine Art Center Wichita KS
2010 City Arts Wichita KS
2009 Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery Lindsborg KS
2008 True World Gallery Joshua Tree CA
2008 Watermark Gallery Wichita KS
2008 Fiber Studio Gallery Wichita KS
2007 Go Away Garage Wichita KS
2005 Watermark Gallery Wichita KS
2002 Linesight Gallery Wichita KS
2000 Watermark Gallery Wichita KS
Group Exhibitions
2010 Maryland Federation of Art Annapolis MD
2010 Seven State Biennial Chickasaw OK
2009 Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery Lindsborg KS
2009 The Rice Gallery Kansas City MO
2008 The Rice Gallery Kansas City MO
2006 Creative Arts Workshop New Haven CT
2005 Upstream People Gallery Omaha NE
2005 Upstream People Gallery Omaha NE
7th Annual Online Landscape Competition—Special Recognition
2004 Trish Higgin’s Gallery Wichita KS
2004 Maryland Federation of Art Annapolis MD
Fourth Annual American Landscape Competition
2004 Wichita Center for the Arts Wichita KS
National Small Oils Competition
2004 Watermark Gallery Wichita KS
1996 Nelson Atkins Museum of Art Kansas City MO
COMMISSIONS
Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch LLC
Ethanol Products, Wichita KS
Bob Easley, Lindsborg KS
Emily Gamm, Denver CO
Linda Constable, Wichita KS
Maggie Faircloth-Gresham, Chicago IL
COLLECTIONS
Fleeson, Gooing, Foulson & Kitch LLC
DST Systems, Kansas City MO
Ethanol Products, Wichita KS
Eastminister Presbyterian Church, Wichita KS
Private Collections throughout the United States
PUBLICATIONS
The College Hill Commoner, April 2008
The Wichita Eagle, December 24, 2004
The Shocker, Summer 2002
MEMBERSHIPS
American Impressionist Society
Kansas Academy of Oil Painters
Daily Painters of Kansas
RELATED EXPERIENCE
Art History Instructor: Wichita High School North / Newman University Wichita KS
