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| Bob Allan |
| Bob Allan "Turning a Blind Eye" New Paintings |
| Bob Allan |
| August 8, 2012
- September 9, 2012 |
| 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. |
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Robert Allan is a Nebraska based artist who was born and raised in the Midwest. It was his surroundings in the Midwest that are a visible influence in his fearless fusion of industrial materials and his strong earthen tones of his color palette.
To date, his resume reads: Merchant seaman, longshoreman, truck driver, photographer for the US Army, art director, filmmaker, art teacher and pastor. Most recently, Allen has been an art teacher in the State of Washington before returning to paint full time in Nebraska.
Due to a recent, but since resolved battle with blindness, Allan had a renewed appreciation for his natural talent in the visual arts. His weakened eyesight, rather than being a burden to the artist, it serendipitously contributed to the unique, abstracted way in which he views and depicts the world, thus "Turning a Blind Eye" to what might have been a disability.
Allan's work exudes physicality. He alternatively excavates and constructs forms to create a complex topography across the surfaces of his works that effectively project light and shadow. His confident and of the surprising combinations of various material, patterns, shapes, textures and colors are reflective of his own fascination multi-layered biography.
According to Allan, creativity is like a puzzle, the solutions to which fall secondary to the means to get there. In his own words, "The act of creativity is much more important than the finished work" This drives him to believe that many of his paintings are never finished, but rather simply await another design intervention or until the definitive finished point of being purchased by a collector to adorn their wall.
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Passages |
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| 48 x 40 x 1.75 Inches Mixed Media on Board |
| $ 5000 US |
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Crossroads |
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| 48 x 48 x 1.75 Inches Mixed Media on Board |
| Sold |
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Distant Shore |
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| 40 x 30 x 1.75 Inches Mixed Media on Board |
| $ 3200 US |
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The Message |
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| 48 x 40 x 1.75 Inches Mixed Media on Board |
| $ 5000 US |
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Tsunami |
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| 48 x 40 x 1.75 Inches Mixed Media on Board |
| $ 5000 US |
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Requiem |
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| 48 x 48 x 1.75 Inches Mixed Media on Board |
| $ 6000 US |
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