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Whereas many artists grow to embrace digital technology after a childhood spent working with in analog media like pencils and paper, Robert took the opposite direction, starting with digital and moving into the analog world. His introduction to the visual arts began in a commercial printing plant, using computer software to produce real estate sales magazines. You know this kind of magazine -- the

“shoppers” you find in stacks and racks in the lobbies of Denney’s restaurants and hotels, where newcomers can quickly assess neighborhoods and price points over Grand Slam breakfasts or while they watch TV in their rooms. Armed with this limited experience, this young native Texan migrated to California for, he hoped, a career in commercial art. His studio experience as a production artist taught him two things: He had a knack for computer software, and an artist’s eye. He also soon realized it would be more affordable to live almost anywhere else. So he returned to Texas and pursued a career as a production artist, then graphic designer, for a Houston-based publisher. It was only after he returned to school to pursue a formal art degree as a “mature student” that he started drawing by hand -- all the time, mostly at night and on weekends. He prefers to work on black paper with pastels, metallic inks, colored pencils and ink markers. His autodidactic technique is informed by his experience in front of a monitor, his facility with illustration software, and the glowing quality of transmitted light. How he translates these influences into highly conceptual visual art suitable for reflective light environments is uniquely striking. But you don’t want to read about his art.

09/29/2025

Skeletal Remains

I used AI to bring my original painting to life. Blending classic techniques with modern innovation. 🎨✨

09/16/2025

Just released a cyberpunk short film — 3 minutes of pure neon-drenched, AI-driven storytelling.

Created with nothing but AI, an idea, and words. No cameras. No sets. Just vision and technology colliding to bring NextGenCreativity

⚡ A 3-minute journey through a cyberpunk world.
⚡ 100% AI-generated.
⚡ Built on words alone.

Step into the future with me.

08/04/2025

Lion Around

I used AI to bring it to life. Blending classic techniques with modern innovation. 🎨✨

08/02/2025

Reintegration

I used AI to bring it to life. Blending classic techniques with modern innovation. 🎨✨

08/02/2025

This was one of the very first illustrations I ever made with pastels, oil paint markers and color pencil.

I used AI to bring it to life. Blending classic techniques with modern innovation. 🎨✨

07/31/2025

Beautiful Solitude

I’m using AI to breathe new life into my hand-crafted creations—blending classic techniques with modern innovation. 🎨✨

07/27/2025
07/26/2025

One To Tango

I’m using AI to breathe new life into my hand-crafted creations—blending classic techniques with modern innovation. 🎨✨






07/26/2025

Multifaceted

I’m using AI to breathe new life into my hand-crafted creations—blending classic techniques with modern innovation. 🎨✨






07/26/2025

Wired

I’m using AI to breathe new life into my hand-crafted creations—blending classic techniques with modern innovation. 🎨✨






07/23/2025

Stained Glass in Motion

I’m using AI to breathe new life and motion into my hand-crafted paintings.

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