Solo and Group Shows 2023 Boston Printmakers 2023 North American Print Biennial, Elizabeth M Rudy, Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints at Harvard Art Museums, Juror Abstract is Abstract, HMVC Gallery, New York What a Relief!, Cannon Gallery of Art, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR 2018 Big Ink II, Large Format Woodcuts, Bend Art Center, Bend, OR Faces in My Head, Paintings by Robert Sumner; Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg, OR 2012 Robert Sumner and Cynthia Spencer, Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR 2010 Robert Sumner […]
My work explores the non-verbal communicative intersection of the visual arts and music within the larger context of the biomorphic tradition originating early last century. The influence of such musical concepts as rhythm, building on a theme over time, syncopation and dissonance share a kinship with process-oriented work that is developed as a journey through time and bears the marks of a dialectic between artist and medium. Whether working in printmaking, drawing or painting, each image is an exploration as […]