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“Lovebirds”
Sterling silver pendant
accented with 14K gold,
a celedon sapphire
and sterling silver chain.
$475
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August 28, 51 x 44 inches, oil and mixed media on canvas.
“We hiked up the mountain — Michel and I did a lot of
walking up the mountains when we were together — to this
meadow that we had been before,” Roberts says. “That’s
where we made a circle and shared something about
Michel. Then Noel Raby’s partner took the pot with the
ashes and broke it. They scattered around, then she gave
every one of us a piece of the pot and that was our funeral.”
Meadows, mountains, flat vistas or sweeping views
seem to dominate the forethought and afterthought when
looking at Roberts’ work. The color palette is a rough draft
to a story. Some paintings are vibrant and in motion; others
stand still with a chapter-ending sense of being on top of
that meadow and saying goodbye.
“I’ve always favored abstraction,” Roberts says. “If I got
started on something, even as a kid, if I messed with it long
enough it would become more abstract than realistic. If you
think about it, everything is abstract. Even a fine realistic
painting is abstract because it’s not the thing.”
He will spend anywhere from five to 10 sessions on a
painting, layering brushstrokes that later form a total body
of work. Sometimes he even mixes Wrightsville Beach sand
into his paint. When satisfied with his work, he turns the
canvas to the wall.
From the start of his career to now, Roberts continues to
take chances, impromptu and provoked. Last year found
him both retreating yet creating, birthing new diora-ma-
style works including “Children in Cages” and “Living
with the Virus,” using catbrier from his own backyard near
Greenfield Lake.
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August 28, 51 x 44 inches, oil and mixed media on canvas.
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