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Robert "Rosey" Rosenthal
Locally he is a past director of the San Luis Obispo Art Center, the premier art center/museum in the county. He is a co-founder and past president of the Central Coast Printmakers, which, for over 22 years has been the focal point for the graphic artists of this area.. For over 4 years he was the outspoken, guiding force of the large, diverse artists' cooperative, The San Luis Artists' Gallery. His artistic skills were developed at Pratt Institute, a well known Art and Architecture University in Brooklyn, New York, and by 8 years as a Madison Avenue advertising art director, but it took the open, creative "follow your bliss" atmosphere of California to set him free to explore and nurture his own personal Mythic-Fantasy artistic visions.
Alternating between painting and printmaking, I enjoy inventing new combinations. My media and approach vary according to the subject and effect I want to create. A small, precise mezzotint may be the chosen technique to honor a detail of nature, whereas I would choose a large painting to convey an expansive mood. My artwork is based on both natural and social themes. Like many artist, I have been a nature lover since childhood. The pleasure I get from the natural world prompted my move to the Central Coast in 1981. I have taken advantage of my chosen location, using the State Parks and National Forests as parts of my studio, working directly in acrylic, oil and pastel, absorbing and learning from my surroundings. In that situation I am pleased with fairly natural color and perspective, using composition as the more expressive tool. Studio painting and printmaking are quite different. Memory and interpretation alter what the eye has seen. Experiences and conclusions take form, and imagination is released. The canvas takes on its own life. Most of my work reflects a positive and often peaceful outlook, but I sometimes am compelled to address the conflicting and confusing parts of life. I see man as an integral part of the natural world (despite his tendency either to ignore it or try to conquer it) and include that theme in both paintings and prints. Roads and paths find their way into many of my pictures. Maybe that is because I like to drive, to go, to see new places. Or they may be a metaphor for the journey we are all on. Learning, enjoying, sharing and practicing art is a great way to take that journey. EXHIBITS AND HONORS Steynberg Gallery, San Luis Obispo, One person show 2004 RELATED ART ENDEAVORS San Luis Artists' Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA Co-founder, and jury committee 2000-03 Granada Arts, Los Osos, CA Co-owner. Self-employed artist/printmaker, selling wholesale and retail, and offering studio classes to adults and children.1980 - present Central Coast Printmakers, San Luis Obispo, CA Founding Member since 1980 and past president Open Studios Tour, San Luis Obispo County Arts Council, CA Participant 1999-2002 Invitational Print Exhibition, San Luis Obispo Art Center, CA Curator, Exhibitor, Demonstrator,1999 Children's Creative Project of Santa Barbara, CA Artist-in Residence: Art Teacher, including supervision of murals at Teach and Baywood Elementary Schools,and participation in I Madonnari Street Painting Festivals 1989-99 Mural in a Day, Lompoc, CA Supporting Artist 1995 Los Osos Small Wilderness Area Preservation, Commission
to design and paint 60' mural, 1993 Cal Poly University Art Department, San Luis Obispo, CA Guest Lecturer 1995-96 Rodriquez/Acosta Foundation, Artist-in-Residence, Granada, Spain 1986-87 EDUCATION Taller Booth, Pinos Genil, Spain,. Painting and Advanced printmaking 1997 Taller Montijano, Granada, Spain, Collograph printmaking 1997 Taller Mori, Granada, Spain, Multiple plate color printing, 1996 Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA Painting classes with Marion Stevens and Jim Alford, Ceramics with Gayla Amyx, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1996 California State University, Dominguez Hills, CA Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential, 1978, Single Subject in Art 1990 El Camino College, Los Angeles, CA, Painting 1975 Bachelor of Arts Degree, UC Berkeley, CA Major Sociology, Minor Art 1970 Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, Lower division art and general ed. 1968 Community Art Classes, Alameda, , Redondo Beach, and Long Beach, CA, Painting 1971, 1974, 1979
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