Artist Profile
Robert Peters is a landscape and still-life painter with a career spanning more than forty years. His paintings have been included in museum exhibitions such as the Prix de West, Western Horizons, Masters of the American West, Quest for the West, Night of Artists, and the West Select. Robert’s paintings have earned great acclaim, and several museums have included his paintings as part of their permanent collections. His work has steadily earned him acceptance and recognition as one of America’s notable landscape painters.
At the start of his career, Robert worked for twelve years as a freelance illustrator represented in New York City. As a member of the Society of Illustrators, his award-winning paintings were featured on the covers of magazines such as US News and World Report. Robert created paintings for the national advertising campaigns of corporations such as AT&T, 7UP, MasterCard, IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Audi, Canon, Motorola, Revlon, TV Guide, and others. Robert’s illustration experience gave him a solid foundation for his current work.
Born in upstate New York and raised in Phoenix, Arizona Robert credits his early memories of the Southwestern deserts with sparking a passion for the outdoors. His extensive travels throughout the American West instilled a love for nature. Enthusiasm and respect for the natural world continue to be the driving forces behind his landscape paintings.
“The western landscape is an endless source of inspiration to me,” Robert says. “I draw strictly from my own observations, which imparts an authentic and natural quality to my work. If something is in one of my paintings, I’ve been there and I’ve experienced it.” He also finds the technical challenges of his art to be motivating and rewarding. “One of the most energizing things about painting is improving the quality of what you do. I believe there is no limit to how far you can take your ability. Over the years, I’ve also realized it’s important for me to share my personal vision of the West with others. It’s a thrill when my paintings resonate with the viewer on a personal level.”
Robert’s life in the West also included some time in Colorado and the central coast of California, where he and his wife, Nanette, raised and showed paint horses. The couple have since moved back home to Arizona, near Prescott, where they reside today.
Publications featuring Robert’s paintings have included Art of the West, Cowboys and Indians, Fine Art Connoisseur, Persimmon Hill, Southwest Art, the Paint Horse Journal, Western Art Collector, and Western Horseman.