Robert Willits
Martyr, 2018, Mixed Media (acrylic, cloth, barbed wire), 38" X 48" - Martyr relates to the sacrifice that serious artists make for their work
Cato II (Victims), 2010, Mixed Media (wood, acrylic, nails, cast figure, news paper), 48" X 75" Cato II relates to people that are constantly victimized by politics, and economic greed and war on a deeper level.
How does your economic reality effect your art?
If I chose to create less controversial art I could make more sales
Shaman IV, 2016, Mixed Media (wood and acrylic and board), 24"X48". Shaman represents the mystery of certain people's ability to convince people to go against their own interests and reason.
Self Portrait as an Old Starving Artist, 2018 Mixed Media (oil and ink), 30"X38", This painting describes how most artists end up. Poor and old. One of the lines bordering the portrait is from Traffic. "The Man in the suit just bought a new car with the p
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