Robert Hooper Art Collections
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Artwork by Robert Hooper
Each image may be purchased as a canvas print, framed print, metal print, and more! Every purchase comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
LOTUS AND HUMMINGBIRD by Robert Hooper
In The Studio by Robert Hooper
NINE KOI by Robert Hooper
Peace On Earth by Robert Hooper
Morning Light by Robert Hooper
Flamingos by Robert Hooper
GOLDFISH by Robert Hooper
EMERGENCE by Robert Hooper
LOTUS AND CRANE by Robert Hooper
The Buckle by Robert Hooper
GRAND SPORT by Robert Hooper
Forest Pond by Robert Hooper
Dancer's Feathers by Robert Hooper
Koi Love by Robert Hooper
Behold by Robert Hooper
KOI FRIENDS by Robert Hooper
Red Leaf by Robert Hooper
MORNING GLOW by Robert Hooper
Hummingbird And Chrysanthemum by Robert Hooper
Geisha With Umbrella by Robert Hooper
Hummingbird And Columbine by Robert Hooper
Koi Pond by Robert Hooper
PEARLS OF THE POND by Robert Hooper
Desert Dessert by Robert Hooper
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About Robert Hooper
Robert is an American watercolorist born in Yokosuka, Japan. He is pursuing his career in Fine Arts here in the United States. His award winning watercolors are exhibited in select Fine Art Shows and Galleries in the state of Arizona, where he currently resides with his family.
As a young child growing up in Japan, Robert lived near Sankeien Gardens in Yokohama, where he spent many of his days, feeding koi and looking for tadpoles in the lotus pond. Much of his inspiration today comes from recollecting images and experiences from this garden. During his school years, he was always fascinated with drawing and pencil sketching and became inspired by the paintings at his school art shows. Working with pencil and colored pencils, he learned the fundamentals which prepared him to discover the magic of watercolors! It is the only medium that "moves"and inspires him today.
"There's nothing like painting with watercolors because the light source is already there, and it shines through the paint from underneath! The luminosity and the transparency is uniquely watercolor"
Robert is a self-taught artist, and feels the purest understanding of his own style must come through his own experimentation. His distinctive style of watercolor painting, using an intense and fluid palette, both on paper and canvas blends realism and abstract with spirit, energy, and serenity.
His recent watercolor paintings on Arches paper is a layer on layer color application of the primaries with a brush and usually with no mix of colors. The paintings are framed and displayed behind glass.
His watercolors on canvas are more abstract with a spontaneous and loose application of color. The watercolor paint is applied not with the brush contacting the surface, but with splatter, pouring and spraying using a hard bristle brush. This technique allows layering without the brush"lifting" the layer below and also the use of more different and opaque colors. The canvas paintings are displayed in a gallery wrap presentation and the surface is sealed with a UV and moisture protection fixative.