Visual Language Magazine Contemporary Fine ARt Vol 4 No 3 March 2015

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Robert Duncan
Painting the joys in life.
Robert Duncan was born in Salt Lake City in 1952
and grew up in a large family of ten children. He
spent the summers helping his grandparents on
their 10,000 acre cattle ranch in Wyoming. The
Green River ran through their land from its source
high in the Rocky Mountains. It was surrounded
by beautiful open country and he fell in love with
the rural lifestyle. He drew constantly from the age
of five, and when he was eleven, his grandmother
gave him his first set of paints and paid for three
oil painting lessons. He studied art at the University
of Utah and had worked as a commercial artist
before his full-time dedication to the fine art of the
American West.
Robert has traveled extensively throughout his career
to visit museums and study the great artists
he admires. His travels have included journeys to
Russia, Scandanavia, many trips to Europe, and
frequent trips to the East Coast and Canada. Robert
was elected into the Cowboy Artists of America
at 29 years of age and won two silver medals in
their annual exhibition at the Phoenix Art Museum.
The Cowboy Artists of America is the most respected
organization in Western American Art. After five
and half years with the Cowboy Artists, Robert
decided to resign in order to put less emphasis
on western art and devote more time to painting
his family, friends and the beautiful countryside of
Midway and the Heber Valley, UT. Duncan has
shown his original paintings for over 30 years with
Trailside Galleries in Scottsdale, Arizona and Jackson,
Wyoming. He has been invited to numerous
shows around the country including the Masters of
the American West Exhibition at the Autry National
Center, The Great American Artists Show in Cincinnati,
and numerous others. Robert’s print and
posters were carried for many years by New York
Graphic Society in New York City.
Wanting more control over his own work Robert
created his publishing company Robert Duncan
Studios, that now publishes and distributes all of
his Limited Edition Prints, Posters, Art Cards, and
Calendars. His work is carried in galleries, frame
shops and gift stores across the US, Canada, Europe
and New Zealand. Robert and his wife Linda
have six children. They, along with a lively assortment
of animals, live in the small town of Midway
in northern Utah.
http://www.robertduncanstudios.com/
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