Artist Profile
Robert Peters is a landscape and still-life painter with a career spanning more than forty years. His paintings have been included in museum exhibitions such as the Prix de West, Western Horizons, Masters of the American West, Quest for the West, Night of Artists, and the West Select. Robert’s paintings have received significant acclaim, and multiple museums have incorporated his works into their permanent collections. His work has steadily earned him acceptance and recognition as one of America’s more notable landscape painters.
At the start of his career, Peters worked for twelve years as a freelance illustrator represented in New York City. As a member of the Society of Illustrators, his paintings received recognition in the Society’s yearly competitions and were published in annual exhibition book numbers 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, and 29. Magazines like US News and World Report have featured his award-winning paintings on their covers. Robert created paintings for the national advertising campaigns of corporations such as AT&T, 7UP, MasterCard, IBM, Microsoft, Intel, Audi, Canon, Motorola, Revlon, TV Guide, and others. Robert’s illustration experience gave him a solid foundation for his current work.
Born in upstate New York. At the age of eight, Robert moved with his family to Phoenix, Arizona. Robert credits his early memories of the Southwestern deserts with sparking a passion for the outdoors. His extensive travels throughout the American West instilled a love for nature. Enthusiasm and respect for the natural world continue to be the driving forces behind his landscape paintings. “The western landscape is an endless source of inspiration to me,” Peters says. “I draw from my own personal observations and experiences. This, in turn, imparts an authentic and natural quality to my work. If something is in one of my paintings, I’ve been there, and I’ve experienced it.” He also finds the technical challenges of his art to be motivating and rewarding. “One of the most energizing things about painting is improving the quality of what you do. I believe there is no limit to how far you can take your ability. Over the years, I’ve also realized it’s important for me to share my personal vision of the West with others. It’s a thrill when my paintings resonate with the viewer on a personal level.”
Robert’s life in the West also included some time in Colorado and the central coast of California, where he and his wife, Nanette, raised and showed paint horses. The couple has since moved back home to Arizona, near Prescott, where they reside today.
Publications featuring Robert’s paintings have included Art of the West, Cowboys and Indians, Horse Illustrated, Fine Art Connoisseur, Persimmon Hill, Southwest Art, The Equine Image, The Paint Horse Journal, Western Art Collector, and Western Horseman.