ROBERT ROTH

b. 1965  New York 

Robert grew up in the seaside hamlet of Cold Spring Harbor, NY. As a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, Robert studied painting under American Master, Thomas Sgouros. Roth approaches his work by inventing from nature. He sets out to evoke the feeling of inner calm and solitude within his paintings. “ I try to achieve that inherent emotion of vastness. Capturing those intangible atmospheric reflections of light, movement, and space that occur within our surroundings”. Growing up surrounded by the marshlands and estuaries along the eastern shores of Long Island was an everyday ritual in his life. Robert tries to bring that genuine spirit and energy into each of his works. Using the landscape as his stage, he orchestrates “lost and found” atmospheric relationships between sky and ground. His paintings deal with a balance of abstraction, using dramatic cloud formations against a vast open horizon. These relationships of reflective light create the tension play between land, sea and sky. He describes his process; “Skies are constantly in motion, reflecting light differently throughout the day. It’s within these observations I try to evoke that emotion of being at one with nature.

Roth's paintings are held in both public and private collections. He has a wide range to inspiration, from the Abstract Expressionists to Matisse. Robert's works have been included in the "American Collage Exhibition" in NYC's Gerald Peters Gallery along side such masters as Edward Hopper, Richard Diebenkorn, Romare Bearden and Frank Stella. Robert and his wife, artist Cheryl Cuozzi (RISD Alumni) live and work in their 1850's farm house and studio barn in Hudson, OH. He spends part of each summer sketching on the island of Martha's Vineyard, in a tiny cottage overlooking the Harbor.