Robert Moon Artist

My Background

My Inspiration

I was born in California and have been living in Hawaii for many years now. I have studied Environmental Design. I have worked as a Graphic Artist and Technical Illustrator and, have been painting most of my adult life.

I enjoy living in Hawaii. Being outdoors, surfing all year round, the familial vibes are inspiring and take me

I enjoy living in Hawaii. Being outdoors, surfing all year round, the familial vibes are inspiring and take me back to my childhood memories at my uncles' beach house on the West Coast of California.

Art has always been my driven direction.

In college my most influential professor was Fidel Daniele, of the West Coast art scene.

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My Inspiration

To say that I have been influenced by the old masters would be an understatement. I have always striven to improve my technical skills. But the modernists of the 20th century have most assuredly also been influential.

Charcoal and pastel are often my fall back to mediums when I am unable to work in oils.

My Medium

My Inspiration

My Medium

I use many different mediums, oils, acrylics, pastels, pen and ink, and digital. Working in a single medium can be antithetical to the artistic process. Each idea can manifest itself in its own individual style.

My direction in my more adult years, searching for my path, lead me to studies in Environmental Design and Illustration.

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My direction in my more adult years, searching for my path, lead me to studies in Environmental Design and Illustration.

Having worked in the graphic arts field, and as a technical illustrator, other media have influenced me.

A semester with photographic studies at Cal State lead to silk screen exploration and some limited series.

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