ROB EVANS
Figurative,
Still Life and Narrative Works
Based on everyday life experiences and rituals, natural artifacts and objects of personal significance, and the artist's family life, these works are presented in a variety of media and formats including shaped panels, triptychs and altarpieces. Utilizing non-linear narratives and unconventional metaphor, they transform the commonplace into universal expressive commentary on social, environmental and philosophical issues, such as climate change, the cycles of life, death, growth and decay, parenthood, and the passage of time.
Elizabeth Quinn Sleeping, 6 color lithograph drawn on one stone
and five plates, 2005, 10.3 x 10 inches, edition of 70 plus 10 artist proofs
Numerous collections including Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC;
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Library of Congress, etc. (link)
Study for "Refuge," graphite on museum board, 1996, 12 x 13 inches,
Private collection, Berlin, Germany
Pinata, acrylic and oil on prepared paper, 2004, 26 x 19 inches
Collection of Judy and Howard Tullman, Chicago, IL
Study for "Movement," mixed media over digitally manipulated pigment print, 2010,
37 x 33 inches (triptych), collection of Roundtop Trust
Millenium, graphite on paper, 1996, 26 x 19 inches
Private collection
Toy Horse, pastel on paper, 1994, 27.5 x 21 inches
Private collection
Marietta Train, oil on panel, 1993, 30 x 23 inches
Private collection, Dartmouth, MA
Convergence, pastel on museum board, 2012, 18.25 x 32.5 inches
Collection of Roundtop Trust (promised gift)
The Outer Banks
For most of his life, Evans has summer vacationed with his family in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, gaining an intimate feel for the landscape and natural features of these barrier islands and this particular stretch of the Atlantic coast. On a number of occasions Evans has traveled there solo in the post season/off season to paint plein air at a time when the vacationers are gone and the beaches return to their more natural state. Different from his studio works, these works are more straight forward observations of light and the ever changing ocean-scape and beach eco-system.
Net, oil on panel, 1995, 6 x 18 inches, private collection
Dune House, mixed media on paper, 2005, 17.5 x 23.5 inches
Private collection
Waves, oil on museum board, 2002, 10.75 x 7.5 inches
Private collection
Last Light, Soundside, pastel on museum board, 2011, 7 x 7 inches
Private collection
Post Season, watercolor, 2002, 11 x 15 inches
Collection of Roundtop Trust
Calm, oil on museum board, 2004, 14 x 9.75 inches
Collection of Roundtop Trust
Storm Over Kitty Hawk, oil on panel, 1992, 12 x 14 inches
Private collection, San Francisco, CA
Dusk, Kitty Hawk, oil on museum board, 2005, 7.75 x 10.5 inches
Private collection