Robert Chambers

When it comes to my art, I can’t tell you how to look at it. All I can tell you is that each painting is an extension of myself as they are autobiographical in nature. I am not trying to make any particular statement with my work -- I am just existing in the here and now. I believe that something inside of you is always telling a story and art is the way to service the subconscious; to make something physically come into being that is inspired by emotions or needs. I don’t know what painting teaches me. I just know that it frees me – free from the future, free from the past, free from regret, and free from worry.

I have always enjoyed all things behind-the-scenes in any artistic genre be it film, sculpture, theatre, painting. The journey one takes as they explore the creative process has always fascinated me; starting out with an idea and through the trials and errors along with the unexpected twists and turns that occur to ultimately arrive at what becomes the final product. I have discovered that through this process, my painting starts to take on a life of its own and tells me what it wants to be. That is where the titles, if the painting has one, come from – that symbiotic relationship between the art and artist and ultim...

Self taught.

May, 2021: “Purely Abstract,” Las Laguna Art Gallery (group exhibition), Laguna Beach, CA

Feb, 2020: “Gallery Virgins,” Studio Channel Islands Art Gallery (group exhibition), Camarillo, CA

Feb, 2019: “BAA 33rd Open Competition,” Museum of Ventura County, Smith Pavilion (group exhibition), Ventura, CA

Mar, 2019: “Up Close” (group exhibition) Atrium Gallery, Ventura, CA

Mar, 2019: “Onward” (group exhibition feat small works), Artlife Foundation, Ventura, CA

May, 2019: “Slow Down | Speed Up” (group exhibition) Atrium Gallery, Ventura, CA

Jul, 2019: “Illogical | Illusion” (group exhibition) Atrium Gallery, Ventura, CA

Aug, 2019: “Essence” (group exhibition) Atrium Gallery, Ventura, CA

Oct, 2019: “In Conclusion” (group exhibition) Atrium Gallery, Ventura, CA

May, 2018: Hillcrest Arts Center (group exhibition), Thousand Oaks, CA

Jun, 2018: Art Share Gallery (group exhibition), Los Angeles, CA

Sept, 2018: "Bring It Home" (group exhibition), Thousand Oaks, CA

Jan, 2017: Buenaventura Gallery - Ventura, CA

Oct, 2017: ”Savor” Roseland Theater, Portland, OR

Nov, 2017: "Small Works" Groundworks Gallery, New Bedford, MA

Feb, 2016: Buenaventura Gallery - Ventura, CA

Apr, 2016: Signature - Hollywood...