Voices of Experience - Ian Roberts

Benson’s Crossing 22 x 24” Oil

“Regardless of what kind of painting you do, plein air painting is a great teacher. Because nature is so vast, you must simplify, you must look for the essence. Because your source of light is moving, you are forced to make decisions quickly and accurately. It is exhilarating, demanding and will infuse your work with greater insight, subtlety and truth.”

Accomplished artist and teacher Ian Roberts grew up painting. His father was a well-known Canadian landscape painter, and Ian remembers accompanying him on painting trips from the time he was ten years old. Roberts continued his art education at the New School of Art, the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and while living in Florence, Italy.