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Robert Mehling

Location:: Riverhead, NY
Birthdate:: October 10, 1954
Gender:: Male
Specialty:: Artist
Status:: Emerging Artist

June 2008 Second Place. East End Arts Council....
July 2007 Honorable Mention. East End Arts Cou...
Jan. 2004 Second Place. East End Arts Coun...
June 2003 Certificate of Merit. The Salmagu...
May 2003 Third Place. East End Arts Council....
Oct. 2002 First Place. Arts Council of the...

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September 05

bobmehling posted in: "What is your feeling about Digital Art vs. Traditional Pa...".

Raw files are digital files that can only enter the non-virtual world by being viewed on computer screens or as "hard" copies pr...

September 03

bobmehling posted in: "Is "Republican Artist" an oxymoron?".

"Lipstick on a Pig- or Elephant"
Remember the 1960 black and white Spencer Tracy film "Inherit the Wind," a fi...

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Art has too long wallowed in a criteria-less relativism. Without separating quality from crap and explicating, point by point, what is qua...

September 02

bobmehling joined the group "Fawazo's Wide open space".

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September 01

bobmehling commented on: anotherGauguin's photo: "Lotus: Watercolor".

"Why Gauguin? You're already better than Gauguin."

Professional Information

Work

Employer:: Self Employed
Position:: Artist
Industry:: Education
Location:: Riverhead, NY

Education

School:: Southampton College (Long Island University), Bachelor of Fine Arts (2002) summa cum laude

School:: Long Island Academy of Fine Art (200-2003), (non-accredited atelier training)

School:: C. W. Post (Long Island University), Master of Fine Arts (in 2009)

School:: Suffolk County Community College, Associate of Science (1998)

Personal

About Me:: I'm a fine artist, creating conceptual, symbolic paintings in the traditional drawing-based manner. A BRIEF CHRONOLOGY: 1964 to 1973: Early school art period. Did a pencil drawing of a horse when I was ten. Had a reputation as an artist thereafter. 1974 to 1993: Psychedelic-surrealist period. Some good art was produced, but it was an unhealthy way to live. 1994 to 1999: Photorealist phase. Returned to college at age 40 to get degrees in art. I got smarter and improved myself. 2000 to present: Traditional realist period. I trained in traditional drawing and painting techniques since this century began. Thank God the 20th century is over! GOALS: I am determined to make my mark. How deep that mark will be is not yet known, but I will continue striving to produce that one great masterpiece that will define me. Although I have already produced hundreds of artworks over the last 40 years, I don't think I've made it yet! Like most everybody else, I've wasted years working at stupid jobs to survive- but that doesn't define me. I'm glad I returned to school. Decades after graduating high school, and 7 years after my BFA, I will finally get my MFA in 2009. Besides painting, my number two goal is to help college art students to paint better. I take pride in being able to transmit what I know. As a person, I'm often charming and comedic but can be antisocial and melancholy at times. Working in stores formerly has turned me off to most of pop culture. I have never been a normal person- even though I know how to behave like one. I've met some real human beings in my time, and knowing them has made living bearable. I'm sure there are more, but we are in the minority. My opinion matters little. Ignore my words but not my painting. Only my art matters. Against all the interference that life throws at me, I shall carry on- because only art reveals my love for the world, my thanks for being alive, and my faith that something greater exists. INTERESTS: I'm interested in everything under the sun: in life and death, hope and despair, truth and the pursuit of happiness- of history, her story, your story, and our story. I'm interested in knowing that humanity shall go on trying to capture all the music, poetry, vision and light that our eyes and ears and lips can know. I'm interested in that which survives beyond the death of our cells- something we share more permanent than the pyramids- qualities that are invisible like the colors of the rainbow hiding in sunlight!
Hobbies:: Reading, Photography, Watching Films, collecting antiques, going to museums, and gardening. (Art is not a hobby!)
Favorite Movies:: I have at least a hundred favorites: movie classics, historical drama, mystery, science fiction and intelligent comedy preferred.
Favorite TV Shows:: I avoid reality shows, sports and dumb sitcoms, but I'm ashamed of watching too much TV and must reduce my daily dose of it. If I had to pick the most perfect TV series of all time it would be Star Trek The Next Generation.
Favorite Music:: Eclectic but mostly older stuff: Doo-wop, Charles Mingus, Johannes Brahms, Frank Zappa, Aaron Copeland, Howlin Wolf, Igor Stravinsky, etc.

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jennierrenee

6 days ago

3148 comments

I just wanted to say Hi. Jennifer
mutley74jv

8 days ago

6672 comments

dropping by to show some love and i was checking for new pics great posting earlier ;) jennifer
mutley74jv

24 days ago

6672 comments

THANKS FOR JOINING MY GROUP LOVE
mutley74jv

29 days ago

6672 comments

GOOD MORING MY MUSE HOW ARE YOU TODAY ?
Renaissancebull

about 1 month ago

1546 comments

Can't say enough about your work. It's masterful, imaginative and very inspiring! Thanks for sharing your tips, advice and great comments.
mutley74jv

about 1 month ago

6672 comments

SEE EVERYONE LIKES THE SURREAL WORKS I SEE ALL THE NEW COMMENTS LOL OI LIKE THEM ALL BUT I LOVE THE SURREAL ONES
KAHH

about 1 month ago

852 comments

this is a gifted artist who has, without question, mastered his craft, but better still, he creates works that are remarkably thought-provoking, imaginative, witty, and humorous. his still life paintings group disparate objects that convey an intuitive correlation or connection, but i find it impossible to articulate those relationships. they are sublime. thank you for your work, bob. it is superb.
eagerlyawaiting

about 1 month ago

420 comments

i thin you are the first to notice my poem.. thank you for more than you realize..
mutley74jv

about 1 month ago

6672 comments

SO THIS IS GONNA SOUND REAL FUNNY I JUST FIGURED OUT HOW TO LOOK AT YOUR WORK !!!! YOU ARE THE GOD OF OILS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mutley74jv

about 1 month ago

6672 comments

Mutley is for one my nickname in school because i go everywhere w my dogs ,2 because i laugh like the cartoon dog,3 the sheer irony of me being called mutleylol and well i speak sarcaism as a second language lol
mutley74jv

about 1 month ago

6672 comments

sooooo true but im new to all the website stuff all i used to do was paint so its time to branch out like i cld not be happier to hv met you ....jvd
mutley74jv

about 1 month ago

6672 comments

thats ok you dont need any of tht your words are intoxicating and powerful enough :) thanks for being you ....wonderful you def made me smile
mutley74jv

about 1 month ago

6672 comments

THANKS FOR THE ADD
JHWarts

about 1 month ago

806 comments

your work is great.... good for you on your decisions to get back into the thick of things again! and many thanks for the great comments!
MDavisClarke

2 months ago

1122 comments

Your series of Recent Oil Paintings is awesome:) They are all so beautiful that I couldnt pick just one to comment on:) Your work is amazing:)