When I reflect on this journey, I feel deep gratitude for where I am and how I got here. 

Early on in life I learned the importance of self-discipline and its role in the attainment of a skill. Shortcuts are sweet when they work and I love to work fast and yet it’s the insights that come from patience and discipline that show me the way forward. 

As I work, I am often surprised and always pleased when the paint ends up where it needed to be.

Looking back at how this all began and seeing where I am today, I am satisfied with what is and eager to realize what is to be. The goose flies high as it presses forward in the joy of migration. 

Honestly, it is about issues like the insecurity and the benefits of being self-taught. It is about desire and reaching new heights. It involves being inspired by other artists and standing on their shoulders for a better view.

I have discovered that countless images lurk inside me. They come and go like hobos riding the rails. Sometimes they present themselves in full color and form. I have but seconds to take in each image before the next comes and they keep coming until I tire and fall asleep. 

I describe myself as a post pre-cambrian nouveau neolithic constructionist of the new old school tongue-in-cheek tradition.​ 

Taking a cue from the great cave painters of our long distant past I conclude by saying, “Making the art is the art and what ends up on a board or canvas is an artifact that has been left behind for the rest of us to observe and wonder".​  - aloha robert