Artist Information:
Robert Lait
Chicago, IL
United States
Member Since: Jan 2012
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Artist Statement:
I began drawing at a very
early age, spending countless
hours with my tightfisted and
myopic pencil renderings. I
started art lessons at twelve,
learning oil painting from the
local Grumbacher dealer and
began learning about the
renaissance. My first visit
to the Museum of Contemporary
Art featured an exhibition by
Vito Acconci. (Google him) In
high school I studied Escher,
Duchamp and Vasareli. By the
time I saw the images of a
wheel-chaired Matisse happily
tapping his toe on the floor
as he scissored his shapes, I
knew that painting and the
visual arts were what I wanted
to pursue.
I’ve used watercolor and
acrylic paint, but from high
school all the way through
graduate school I worked
primarily in oils, always
feeling that as a medium it
provided for the most
brilliant colors and the
highest contrasts. I love the
glow of sunlight on the
surface of oil paintings. The
reflective and refractive
light gives great variety to
tone and texture. I enjoy the
way oil paintings, whether
representational or abstract,
take on the atmosphere or
sheen of the room they are in.
I try to make my images as if
I’m going to be ...
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Robert Lait's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Robert Lait's Portfolio.
I began drawing at a very early age, spending countless hours with my tightfisted and myopic pencil renderings. I started art lessons at twelve, learning oil painting from the local Grumbacher dealer and began learning about the renaissance. My first visit to the Museum of Contemporary Art featured an exhibition by Vito Acconci. (Google him) In high school I studied Escher, Duchamp and Vasareli. By the time I saw the images of a wheel-chaired Matisse happily tapping his toe on the floor as he scissored his shapes, I knew that painting and the visual arts were what I wanted to pursue.
I’ve used watercolor and acrylic paint, but from high school all the way through graduate school I worked primarily in oils, always feeling that as a medium it provided for the most brilliant colors and the highest contrasts. I love the glow of sunlight on the surface of oil paintings. The reflective and refractive light gives great variety to tone and texture. I enjoy the way oil paintings, whether representational or abstract, take on the atmosphere or sheen of the room they are in.
I try to make my images as if I’m going to be ... |
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