Paintings that peek inside life's silver lining.
MY PHIL-ART-SOPHY
My work plays on the many variations of physical and emotional balance.
Sometimes I feel like I’m walking a tightrope high above snapping alligators with a rusty razor blade in one hand and an ice cream cone in the other. Trying to get safely to the other side, and still enjoy that ice cream cone.
Life can be like that. If you don’t learn to balance things you find yourself in constant discomfort and danger, anxious and unsatisfied. Balance is not something we’re born with; it’s something we learn.
From the time we learn to walk, talk, love, share, ride a bike or deflect the daily barrage of insults, poisons, trials and tribulations that life hurls at us there’s always another human being there showing you “the ropes.”
Whether it’s a lesson from my mother, a saying from my grandfather, or funny piece of advice from a complete stranger in a bar I’m always trying to keep myself open to learning new tricks for the tightrope.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in Montpelier, Vermont, Dan Robertson is a third generation artist following in the footsteps of his grandfather Lloyd Hulbert and mother Babs Robertson. It is also from them that he has acquired his passion for art, antiques and family wisdom.
He has shown been shown & purchased in muesums, galleries, national publications and commissioned by collectors nationally from Boston, to Beaufort.
He currently works out of his studio in rural Ohio.
Dan works on a variety of mediums including canvas, wood and metals. As he works on several pieces at once, his irreverent sense of humor and unexpected insights along with advertisements, stamps and other vintage materials – are painted, nailed, glued, shellacked or scratched onto the various canvases.
Commissioned work often contains mementos from the buyer’s own collection.
DAN'S WORLD VIEW
A live feed from Dan's Instagram account "yousmiledatme"