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Robert Seabeck works within
a tradition of realism that has been a strong direction historically in American
art. His subjects include landscapes, wildlife, flowers and vehicles. Born in
Casper, Wyoming, Seabeck attended four colleges majoring in art at each. He
earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts at California State in Long Beach and his Master
of Fine Arts at the University of Wyomng in Laramie in 1976.
Seabeck's interest in light, color and sculpturesque form led him to begin his
series on cars and trucks in the mid-1970's. The smooth rounded contours of
the vehicles are not unlike those of the human figure. The vehicles' shiny surfaces,
however, distort reflections, shadow and color, and it is these shapes and diverse
hues that that Seabeck seeks to capture on canvas.
Seabeck pursues visual challenges in a highly focused style, which appears to
depict things as they are, in the manner of modern realists. He disclaims himself
as a photo-realist, preferring to describe himself as a photo-expressionist.
Rather than painting in every detail, the artist subjectively includes and excludes
specific elements, often reducing backgrounds to a blur of painterly strokes.
From 1978 to 1992, Seabeck served as an artist-in-residence for the Wyoming
Arts Council during which time he taught classes in studio art and art history.
His art is displayed in a number of corporate and private collections and museums
including the El Paso Museum of Art, the University of Wyoming, the Wyoming
State Museum at Cheyenne and the Nicolaysen Art Museum in Casper, Wyoming.
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