Image of the Day, April 6, 2012

After working for sixteen years as an illustrator, Rob Colvin quit in 1999 to work full time as a fine artist. He readily admits that he still loves to “stylize, design and to find the geometry in the land,” observing that his work is “evolutionary, in that I will start out with an idea in mind, but the piece will evolve into something I didn’t picture in the beginning. The process can be very frustrating when it’s not working and thrilling when it does.”

Rob Colvin, Razorback Bluff, c. 2011, Oil on canvas, 42 x 42 in. Credit: Rob Colvin StudioRob Colvin, Camel Back Canyon, c. 2011, Oil on canvas, 24 x 24 in. Credit: Rob Colvin Studio

Painting of the Day, December 6, 2011

I see the world in terms of a balance between cosmos and chaos. Painting for me is the process of continually seeking, and attempting to work out, that balance. I don't feel it necessary for viewers to "know" my personal symbols in order to feel that my work -- if it is successful in blending chaos and cosmos into a beautiful whole -- has a spiritual base.  – Clay Wagstaff

Credit: Clay Wagstaff

Clay Wagstaff, Somewhere Between Here and There, c. 2005, oil on panel 36 x 36, private collection.