Robert K. Roark

About Me

Mr. Roark, a native of Mississippi, received his formal training at the Art Students League of New York, the National Academy of Design, and the Cape Cod School of Art under such noted artists as William Draper, Daniel Greene, and Henry Hensche. He has been the recipient of a Ford Foundation Scholarship and the Kunyoshi Memorial Scholarship. He has won numerous awards, been featured in national periodicals and has exhibited in major gallery across the country.

In 2001, Mr. Roark was the featured artist for the celebrated “Pops by the Sea” event held each year in Hyannis with the renowned Boston Pops orchestra to raise funds for the Cape Cod Arts Foundation. His work has been featured in major museums exhibitions across the country including the Smithsonian, Washington, DC, in Naples, Florida at the Naples Museum of Art. His work can also be found in Hirschhorn permanent private collection, the Cape Museum of Fine Arts, Dennis, MA and in 2009 his work was also be included in the permanent collection of the Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA. Mr. Roark’s art work can also be found in many private and corporate collections worldwide.

Mr. Roark has worked as a portrait painter and an illustrator for such periodicals as the “New York Times”. He has also done mural work for the Hotel Pierre and for the Pierre Cardin Resorts in Palm Springs, CA. Mr. Roark was the subject of recent articles in “Cape Cod Life” magazine and has been the featured artist for the “Cape Cod Times”, "Cape Cod Antiques and Arts Magazine, Cape Art Review and American Art Collector.

Robert Roark’s paintings have been described as “a mastery of reflected light.” His landscapes and still lifes “invite tactile exploration” and his interior scenes have elicited references to Vermeer, “while still modern and completely Mr. Roark’s own, in style and subject.” Describing his work, Mr. Roark has said that he paints in “a simple and straightforward manner, choosing to define the landscape and other subjects in terms of light as opposed to color.” His approach transports the viewer into a beautiful world of varied subjects and entices one to linger and explore radiant textures and evocative light. Through his numerous subjects Mr. Roark has laid claim to an exquisite corner of the present Age of Enlightenment by creating mirror images of the passion which resides within him. Mr. Roark has recently reproduced several of these beautiful images in a limited edition format, capturing the essence of his original paintings and of timeless Cape Cod.

Mr. Roark’s work can be found at:
Robert Roark Studio Gallery
www.masterfulart.com

and

Meghan Candler Gallery
www.meghancandlergallery.com

Mediums Used

oil pastel mixed-media

Style of Work

realism representational

Themes in Work

still-life figurative nudes landscapes fantasy portraiture portraits

Where Work is Displayed

Robert Roark Studio Gallery 766 Route 6A Dennis, MA 02638 rkrstudios@masterfulart.com www.masterfulart.com 508-385-4713 and Meghan Candler Gallery Village Shops 6160 Highway A1A Vero Beach, FL 32963 772.234.8811 candler@bellsouth.net meghancandlergallery.com

Price Range

$1000 - $25,000

Professional Affiliations

Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, International Guild of Realism

Services

private commissions, portraits and private art instruction

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