ARTIST STATEMENT

My prints, and artist books generally contain several elements that ask the viewer to question the context of their combined meaning. The juxta positioning of these pictorial components hopefully provide the viewer with some surprise and mystery. I want a certain ambiguity to be present so that the viewer will be encouraged to think about the possible narratives. My intention generally, is to pose questions that inhabit the gap between the meaning of symbols and the content of perception. The relatively small size invites the viewer to come closer and enjoy the always enigmatic circumstance of metaphor and meaning. I use computer technology and digital software to create my images. Digital Imaging provides tools to modulate color, to create texture, to change size and placement, and provides transparency control that are nonexistent in any other print process. I take full advantage of digital layering and my work generally contains very dense and rich surfaces. My images are printed using archival pigment inks on Epson Hot Press cotton rag paper and are generally produced in an edition of ten prints.

BIO

Robert S. Hunter graduated from James Madison University earning both a Bachelors of Arts and a Master of Arts. He has done postgraduate study at Virginia Commonwealth University, Maryland Institute College of Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has also completed a Post Graduate Certificate in Digital Imaging at the Corcoran Gallery School of Art. He has received many honors throughout his career including: a Professional Artist Fellowship from Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, a Fellowship Residency Award from the Vermont Studio School, and a Presidential Citation for Teaching Excellence from the Governors School of the Arts at Radford University, in addition he was also invited to be a member of the Teacher's Institute of Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation honored him as an individual who makes a difference in student achievement by focusing on “The Power of Art’’. He is a member of the American Color Print Society, the TAG gallery in Frederick MD and is a member of the Washington Print Club. He actively exhibits his prints and artist books in national invitational exhibitions and in selected group shows all across the United States. His work is in the collections of Arkansas University, Purdue University, East Tennessee State University, as well as in the Kathy Caraccio Fine Art Print Collection and in many private collections in the United States and in Europe.