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Robert Highsmith 
Summer Watercolors
 
Robert Highsmith:  Down to a Trickle
Down to a Trickle
20" x 14"
2 July - Aug 11th 
Reception with the Artist
Fri. July 2nd 5 - 8PM
 
Marigold Arts is pleased to present a solo exhibition of watercolors by Robert Highsmith.  The show will feature scenes of summer in New Mexico and Colorado.  If it were possible, Highsmith's photorealist watercolor landscapes just keep getting better--more nuanced and gently suffused with emotion.  There is nothing like a cool, shady river scene in July, and Highsmith's paintings are the next best thing to being there. 

Robert Highsmith:  Quiet Spot, Sitting Bull Falls

Quiet Spot, Sitting Bull Falls


 
 

  
Among Highsmith’s recent awards and honors are the Best of Show in Western Impressions, El Paso and the Top 100 Award in both Paint the Parks (St. Louis, MO), and Paint America (Topeka, KS).   His work was featured in 2009 in New Mexico Magazine and in SPLASH 11 in 2010, and was added this year to the collection of the Federal Reserve Bank in El Paso.      

His paintings make strong, simple statements that capture the light and landscapes of the Southwest, evincing equal parts technical virtuosity and heart.  He paints primarily landscapes, occasionally focusing on a cow or architectural structure.  Highsmith’s paintings reveal a softness of light, shadow, and brush that can only be accomplished with the immediacy of watercolor, complimented by the stark contrasts that lend the work its photorealism.   

Robert Highsmith:  Last Light on Spider Rock

Last Light on Spider Rock
 
 
 

Highsmith’s work has been widely exhibited across the United States and has won more than one hundred awards, among them numerous Best-of-Show awards.  Most recently, he won two awards in Artist  Magazine’s 2007 competition, in the landscape category, and one of his paintings was chosen for the magazine’s 2008 calendar.  

His career highlights include the Emily Goldsmith Award from the American Watercolor Society in New York, NY, where he has signature status; participation in the traveling watercolor show Looking Toward the Future; and The Western Federation of Artists Award of Excellence.  His work is represented in numerous public, corporate, and private collections here and abroad, including those of the Capitol Art Foundation, Santa Fe; Tomasso Corporation; Aetna Insurance; Hartford Insurance; the Hublein Corporation; Southern New England Telephone; Maitland City Hall, Maitland, Florida; WCHS Television, Portland, Maine; and the Hilton Head Public Library.  Highsmith’s work has been featured in Southwest Art, Art of the West, Artist Magazine, and Watercolor Magic.  It was included in the exclusive, invitation-only November 2009 Mountain Oyster Art Show in Tucson, AZ.  Highsmith currently resides in Las Cruces.  Click here for more Highsmith.


Marigold Arts is New Mexico’s destination gallery for watercolors.  The gallery represents the best of fine art and craft by New Mexico artists, featuring hand-woven textiles, rag rugs, and the large-format landscape photography of Kenneth Parker. Marigold Arts represents a diverse range of media, including wearable art, watercolor paintings, sculpture, clay, and jewelry. Gallery artists welcome requests for custom commissions. 

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