Robert Dec
Robert Dec received his BFA from UMass Dartmouth in 1975 and MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts in 1977. In both schools he concentrated on painting drawing, printmaking and photography. Robert has exhibited in art galleries and museums from New York City to throughout New England since 1975 and his work has been accepted to numerous juried group exhibitions, winning prizes in several of those shows. Robert's work has also been shown in several one person, two person and three person exhibitions as well. Robert has also been an accomplished art teacher, being a visiting lecturer at Westfield State University, Baypath community college, UMass Amherst Credit Free Workshops, as well as teaching classes at the Springfield and Worcester Art museums. He recently retired as Chair of the Visual Arts Department at the Bancroft School in Worcester, MA (after teaching art and photography there for 34 years).
Robert has experimented with a variety of styles of painting throughout the years ranging from very realistic, to abstracted, to completely abstract with much of his work inspired by classic cars, landscape, the environment and music.
Recent explorations, however, are primarily influenced by nature and the landscape of the natural world but conveyed in a more expressive and ambiguous manner. Robert’s latest Acrylic Collage and Photo Transfer work has been inspired by travel and the photographs he has taken of the natural world to attempt a unique approach to landscape painting. His intention is to abstract nature using texture, collage, glazes and the grid but still retain recognizable organic elements.
Contact
https://www.rdecart.com
Email: bossbandbob@gmail.com
RDec Art
PO Box 3134
Westport, MA 02790