Art and the Animal
Society of Animal Artists’ 50th Annual Exhibition
San Diego Natural History Museum
San Diego, California
September 4 - October 31, 2010
Robert’s painting “At Rest” has the honor to be included in the 2010 Art and the Animal, the Society of Animal Artists’ 50th Annual Exhibition, to be held at the San Diego Natural History Museum from September 4 through October 31, 2010, in San Diego, California.
This is the society’s 50th annual exhibition of the world’s best wildlife artists. The jury this year had the overwhelming task of selecting from 434 submissions by 256 artists.
“At Rest,” a 40- by 32-inch oil painting, captures an unlikely perch for a sleeping mourning dove at Aldie Mill, a historic working gristmill located outside of Washington, D.C. “Normally, the mill is filled with the sound of water cascading over the wheel,” Robert says. “On this day, the mill was at rest and offered the mourning dove a chance to do the same. Though the scene may appear static, the repetition of the waterwheel’s spokes and bolts creates a perceived sense of action and movement that balances the sleeping dove.”
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“At Rest” also had the prestigious honor of exhibiting in the 2007 Birds in Art at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum.
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