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Roberts, Larry
Medium
acrylic painting
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Contact the artist
Website: Larry Roberts Studio |
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ARTIST BIO
Born 1963, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Education
*Self Taught
Selected Solo Shows
1995 - The Incredible One - Grand Rapids, Michigan
Selected Group Shows
2006 Larry Roberts and Robert Taplin' Linda Warren Gallery Chicago Illinois
2006 2nd Fridays Artistss Open House Chicago Illinois
2005 2nd Fridays Artistss Open House Chicago Illinois
2005 - 35th Annual Artistss Open House Chicago Illinois
2004 - 34th Annual Artist's Open House - Chicago Illinois
2004 - 2nd Fridays Artistss Open Studio - Chicago Illinois
2004 Points of Muse (office) - Linda Warren Gallery - Chicago Illinois
2003 - 33rd Annual Artist's Open House - Chicago Illinois
2002 - 32nd Annual Artist's Open House - Chicago Illinois
2002 Mayhem Gallery - Milwaukee Wisconsin
2001 - 31st Annual Artist's Open House - Chicago Illinois
2001 Mayhem Gallery - Milwaukee Wisconsin
2001 - Around the Coyote - Chicago Illinois
2001 - Artistically Armitage - Chicago Illinois
2000 - Di Stillo Art Gallery - Minneapolis Minnesota
2000 - 30th Annual Artist's Open House - Chicago Illinois
2000 The 8th Show - Time Life Building - Chicago Illinois
1999 - 29th Annual Artist's Open House - Chicago Illinois
1996 - Ten Weston Art Gallery - Grand Rapids Michigan
Selected Juried Shows
2000 - 30th Wells Street Art Fair - Chicago Illinois
1996 - Ada/Lowell Council for the Arts - Grand Rapids Michigan
Press
1995 Gire Magazine Incredible One Showw - Grand Rapids, Michigan
2000 Artscope.net The 8th Showw - Chicago, Illinois
2001 Artscope.net 30th Artistss Open House - Chicago, Illinois
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STATEMENT
Roberts' abstract acrylic paintings are not easy to categorize. Each piece starts with no preconception or preset vision; rather the painting, allowed to stream from his subconscious (or, as he puts it, dream state) into the physical plane and becomes the vehicle upon which the conversation begins.
Sometimes the brush strokes do the talking, as in "The Morning in Your Eyes" painting on panel, where the paints more controlled and opaque application suggests for him beautiful waves churning in a chaotic yet tranquil landscape and a reflection of the universal struggle to tame the chaos of our lives. "The Way to Blue" is seemingly more random, though only at its outset, and an example of another process Roberts employs of wet on wet painting.
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