| "As each year goes by I become a little more
detached with the world that surrounds me,
while becoming amassed in my own world of
grandeur; a land still ample in magic, lush
with imagination, and submersed in emotion.
With each piece that becomes real and not
just a fantastical idea in my head, my
microcosm grows, and I believe in its
actuality, A place more real than the ideas we
are told we should believe, a place where
happy endings are relative, and madness can
be law, and everything, to me, is beautiful..."
-Robert W. Walker
RW2Gallery.com
Artist's Philosophy
Since early childhood I have used art as an escape from a world I have often felt to be
cold and dismal. It is a place riddled with one-way signs and dead ends that have never
reflected the true beauty and wonder of life.
Growing up in Northeast Ohio among the choked gray smokestacks of forgotten
industry and broken dreams, I was fortunate to have a creative drive and an ever
supporting mother as a fellow dreamer and willing audience. Her spontaneous and often
eccentric personality found us on adventures across America. Awesome to behold and
sometimes frightening, these experiences sparked inspiration for me to capture and
display. Whether using finger paints or a crayons I realized early on that my dreams
could be funneled through my hands for the world to enjoy.
In 1998, I left my home to attend The Columbus College of Art and Design. I learned to
sharpen my natural skills as a painter and further explore the relationships betwixt color
and the senses. This experience aroused my own needs to discover the natural
wonders of the earth and share my vision with others. I moved to Europe in the fall of
2001. Painting on the islands of Spain or in a dank Amsterdam coffee shop was some of
my most treasured life lessons thus far. After a year of traveling and studying I moved to
New Orleans to create my own world of Pop Surrealism.
My work reflects my way of life; to live loud regardless of what the emperor appears to
be wearing. Art is the freedom that the product imitates; it’s the hunger that war
promises is on the way. Creation is a prerequisite for life, and that force is in our hands.
In the summer of 2004 I moved to Columbus Ohio and opened RW2 Gallery at 1178 B
N. High St. A theater of my imagination; raw and unconventional it has served host to my
artwork, and a playground for local performance artist.
I believe that art is for everyone regardless of economic background or scholastic
accomplishment. Art should inspire the heavy leaden and touch the lonely. It should
reflect the beauty of the admirer and stir the soul of the apathetic. With my art I hope to
remind the world of the wonder we used to feel as children and to reconnect us all to
what matters most--Life.
All Content Copyrighted © by Robert W. Walker. For usage or licensing questions email me at
Robert@RW2Gallery.com. Otherwise, take a look through the galleries of mermaids, vampire bats, dark
fairytails and the ever growing collection of creatures of my world...
Contact Robert W. Walker
Robert@RW2Gallery.com
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