Artist: Robert Urban | Location: Spartanburg, SC
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Artist: Robert Urban | Location: Spartanburg, SC
Spartanburg, SC
Robert Urban is a South Carolina artist who is painter of landscape experiences. The works he creates are not scenes, they are journeys through scenes. Initial inspirations for his art are simple, everyday occurrences that he accesses as everyone else does-through daily walk, bike rides, hikes, or park visits.
As he moves through the panoramic environments of these experiences, he absorbs what nature offers him: the warm glows, the light breezes, the rustle of leaves. These sensations are the foundation on which he builds rich, multi-layered stories that evoke the viewer's personal memories. The landscape itself becomes a context for life's mysteries. The details that he places within and around a natural setting provide clues that pique the viewer's curiosity and demand their attention.
Urban has been an art educator in South Carolina for the past twenty-four years. In 2007, he was awarded the South Carolina Secondary Art Educator of the Year Award. Urban's work has been in several art publications, including Art Buzz, the 2008 and 2011 collections. He was selected for the book, Artists Among Us: 100 Faces of Art in Spartanburg. In 2015, Urban was one of 18 South Carolina artists whose artwork was selected for inclusion of the interior of the Greenville Aloft Hotel. Urban's artwork is in collections throughout the Carolinas, the United States, Denmark, and South Korea. He resides in Spartanburg, South Carolina.