My art explores “Association.” How do line, form, composition, color, lighting and title create an association with a place or event? What is the minimum required for the viewer to evoke an association to a memory? My shaped painting “Zion Canyon,” for instance, consisting of four box shapes painted just two colors evokes memories for me of visiting Zion National Park. A title is not needed as the scene is immediately recognizable to me from my numerous visits. It may evoke a different memory for other viewers depending on their experiences.

Inspiration:

Artists and architects: Rothko, Frank Stella, Motherwell, Gail Morris, Frank Gehry

Styles:

Minimalism, Color field theory, Abstraction

Personal:

Twenty-five summers of field work as a mycologist collecting specimens in the Intermountain West provides a rich source of memories of isolation, stark landscapes, harsh light, geological formations, sparse gray-green vegetation, the taste of alkaline dust, and the odor of crushed sage and conifers.  

Approach:

Shaped paintings are constructed that mimic the topography of the Great Basin creating shadows that change depending on the source and quality of light, time of day, etc.

 

Abbreviated Resume

Born in Spokane, WA, 1947. Currently residing in Edmond, OK

Abbreviated Academic Resume

University of Michigan Professor 1978 – 2003. Currently Emeritus

Curator and Lewis E. and Elaine Prince Wehmeyer Professor of Fungal Taxonomy.

Abbreviated Arts Resume

Full Time Artist 2012 –

Awards/Honors (9)

2023 Oklahoma Visionaries, Liggett Gallery, Tulsa, OK.

2020 Virgina Hall Contemporary Art Award, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ.

2019 Ursula Seuss Abstract Art Award, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ.

2016 Ann Connelly Fine Art Award, Forum 35’s Art Melt, Baton Rouge, LA.

Exhibitions (Solo – 3, Juried (41), Group (15), Total (56)

2023

Red Exhibition, Whitecube Contemporary, Chicago, IL.

Spot On #4, D’Art Gallery, Denver, CO.

Arts Thrive, Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM.

2022 Recovery from serious 2021 auto accident

2021

Use Other Door, Core Contemporary, Las Vegas, NV.

2020

All Art, Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ.

Small Works - Big Talent, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA.

Small Works, Core New Art Space, Denver, CO.

Emerge, D’Art Gallery, Denver, CO.

2019

Small Works Juried Exhibition. Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT.

2015

Microcosmos, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA.

New Works by Robert Fogel, Norsworthy Gallery, solo show, Shreveport, LA.

2013

Ogden Museum of Southern Art, Louisiana Contemporary, New Orleans, LA.

Joshua Tree National Park, Art Show & Faire, TwentyNine Palms, CA.

2012

Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs, Regional Arts Competition, Hot Springs, AR.

Fine Arts Center of Hot Springs, Flora and Fauna, Hot Springs, AR.

Commissions (3)

Sharon and Dean Aspenberg, 2015, Coso Sheep and Flying Sheep installations, Ivins, UT.

Doug and Elisabeth Adams, 2016, Meander # 11, Green Valley, AZ.

Albemarle Catalysts in the Americas, 2017, Oxbow, Clear Lake, TX.

Represented by:

Juniper Sky Fine Art Gallery, Ivins, UT.

Justus Fine Art Gallery, Hot Springs, AR.

Terra Rosa Gallery, Guthrie, OK.