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ABOUT THE ARTIST 

Robert MacPherson

I spent my childhood in the Pacific Northwest . As a boy I whiled away a lot of school days secretly sketching in my notebook instead of listening to the teacher. During those days I was a great fan of the cartoons that appeared in Mad Magazine.

 I enlisted in the Navy in 1966 and later received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy.  Upon graduation from Annapolis I was assigned to a ship stationed off the coast of Vietnam. The ship’s Chief Engineer introduced me to oil painting.

What began as a casual pastime soon blossomed into an obsession. I recall the title of my first  painting was "Bearded Man Eating an Egg". The title had more artistic merit than the painting which featured a scraggly lumberjack with a fried egg floating before his eyes. (In retrospect, this seems an unpromising beginning to a career in fine art.)

 I resigned from the Navy in 1978 and returned to live in the west where I continued to pursue my interest in painting by attending workshops with numerous professional artists.  During this period I worked as an administrator at several universities and worked on art projects in my spare time. I acquired gallery representation in 1995 and as my art work began to sell, I phased out of my university "day job".

I became a full time artist in 2005 and I now  work in the "Penn Street Studios" under the watchful eyes of two canine art critics. 

  Over the years my work has been shown in numerous galleries all over the country. My paintings have also appeared in numerous gallery shows and juried art exhibitions.

My interest in painting is refreshed by frequent experimentation with new techniques, compositions, and subject matter.   These experiments  keep me excited and curious about the process of making art.

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