From Pen to Brush - Bob Bahr

Bob Bahr's Journey into Paint

Bob Bahr Painting in Wyoming

Bob Bahr may know more artists than anyone we’ve ever met. We first met him six years ago at the Susan K. Black Workshop in Wyoming, where we were hired to teach painting. From his years of writing for American Artist and PleinAir Today, he has had the opportunity to interview hundreds of contemporary artists across the United States. You may have seen his byline on those interviews and other interesting fine arts related articles. That immersion into the arts influenced him into exploring painting himself. He shares with us his development as he explores painting the landscape en plein air.

Among other things, you are both writer and artist. Can you tell us about the evolution of both?

When I was a kid, I wrote stories and illustrated them. My teachers said I wrote well, and the positive reinforcement nudged me into writing. That didn’t happen with my interest in art. I wrote about popular music for ten years after …