Robert Guthrie is a New Orleans artist
with a fresh look at its historic architecture. His distinctive
styles have been featured in solo and group exhibitions throughout
the United States, Mexico and France. Two years teaching serigraph
printing at the Bellas Artes Institute in Central Mexico left him
profoundly influenced by the regional aesthetic. In 1992 Robert
was selected as the artist for the Official New Orleans Jazz and
Heritage Festival Posterr and in 1999 as an official designer for
Les Rendez-vous D'Lerdre in Nantes, France.
Guthrie enjoys working in two
distinct styles, thus keeping both him and his art fresh. He
finds the fluid radiance of watercolor well suited to the charismatic
wash of lines and light intrinsic to the French Quarter. While
these pieces are prized for what Guthrie refers to as the medium's "looseness," his
other predominant style - bold, graphic print work - possesses
a dynamic exactness that meets joie de vivre head-on. His creations
appear throughout New Orleans on canvases, posters, walls, banners,
and murals. |
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