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My name is Robert Vincent and I have lived in the Northernmost end of the Great Sacramento Valley for over 4 decades. My home and studio is in Cottonwood, California about 5 miles west of Interstate 5. My email is shastacraft@att.net or call or text 1-530-921-3481.
Some paintings have a Highway 36 sign featuring Lassen Peak. I live close to highway 36 and, like many others, I am fond of riding my motorcycle on Highway 36 up out of Red Bluff.
Having been creating detailed art utilizing pencils, pens & ink and watercolors while working as a Registered Nurse, I rediscovered oil painting. Liberated and influenced years ago by the complex color, texture and chromatic effects of oil paint led me to the impressions you see. The paintings are often heavily textured (impasto) and, after a few months, varnished for a resilient art piece that will have the same quality and characteristics for many generations.
While I may paint similar scenes concurrently, each painting is hand painted onto a blank 8 x 10" masonite artist's panel, brushstroke by brushstroke, layer by layer. The oil paint is applied in many layers letting the paint oxidize (dry) slightly between the layers. My oil paintings are all individually painted and naturally textured using quality long lasting archival materials. Some images depict calm vernal pools on a hillside that provides a dramatic vista.
I enjoy painting in the hot summer afternoons with the swamp cooler blowing. I think of these works as places to imagine oneself, useful devices on a wall that allow a human a chance to imagine nature, rebalance their inner disposition and put things in perspective. I strive to make my paintings beautiful and therapeutic, and a source for contentment that can be revisited for many, many years. Thank you for visiting website and keep checking back for new works!
Robert Vincent RN
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