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URL:https://www.antelopevalley.com/events/artist-talk-tour-at-moah/
SUMMARY:Artist Talk & Tour at MOAH
DESCRIPTION:Join Robert Nelson as he leads a walk-through of his exhibition
 \, Awakening on Saturday\, September 15 at 1 p.m.\n--\nThe influence of Re
 naissance master painters is immediately apparent in Robert Nelson’s wor
 k\, seen through his incorporation of faces from the paintings of Raphael 
 or Bronzino\, combined with the shape of his paintings which are often rem
 iniscent of Medieval or Renaissance palace windows. Robert Nelson’s work
  mixes the hyper-realistic and the surreal\, likewise\, his subjects combi
 ne the familiar with the unexpected. Nelson’s work is about juxtapositio
 n\, using images that convey meaning on both an immediate and personal lev
 el\, images that also seem to require the viewer to find a deeper meaning 
 for themselves behind the themes and ideas that the artist explores.\n\nRo
 bert Nelson’s work makes for a peculiar but intriguing union as he combi
 nes 16th century Italian Renaissance with modern imagery and concepts of o
 ur contemporary\, technologically inclined world. He is transfixed by tech
 nology and also the compression of time. As the world is engulfed by the l
 ikes of computers\, robots or other forms of evolved intelligence\, Nelson
  takes a more analog approach to the work and does not use computers. All 
 of his pieces are hand drawn using multiple layers of colored pencil and a
 crylic then sealed\, giving the final product a glossy finish. \n\nNelson
  studied Fine Art/Studio Art in college\, and later joined the Navy. After
  retiring from the Navy\, he went back to school and attended Platt Colleg
 e in San Diego where he studied graphic design and multimedia design. He w
 orked as a graphic designer for over fifteen years and for the last eight 
 has been working seriously as a fine artist. His works have been included 
 in exhibitions since 2008 in San Diego and Los Angeles. Among the gallerie
 s where he has exhibited are The Los Angeles Art Association / Gallery 825
 \, Los Angeles\, Southwest College Art Gallery\, Chula Vista\, Orange Coas
 t College\, Costa Mesa\, Lora Schlesinger Gallery\, Santa Monica.
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