Robert Hardgrave, born in Oxnard, CA, raised in southern AZ, has been a Seattle resident for the past 20 years. He is in the practice of old fashioned drawing and painting. Improvisation is his strength and he enjoys employing "mixed" media whenever he can. Robert has been published in numerous artist survey books and magazines in addition to a monograph of his own work called “Magic Beans”.
Robert's paintings are meditations on the unpredictability of life. He states, "Despite all the information we are given, I believe much is unknown to us in the moment, with clarity only achieved upon later reflection." Robert's working process parallels this belief. There is never an overall plan or formula in his work, allowing the imagery to manifest itself, becoming an exercise in movement and a dedication to discovery. His paintings are about the excitement in each evolving moment in life, be it minute or grand, and savoring it.