Robert Akey

Robert Akey Robert Akey Click Here to View More Photos Robert Akey 839 8th St E Whitefish, MT 59937 Phone: 406-862-7425 Contact: Send Email Web Site Address: www.robakey.com I am a painter and native son of Montana. My response to Montana’s primal land is visceral, thus I’m compelled to paint her landscapes. Montana is what our world was meant to be and it’s my desire to convey that belief artistically. My goal is to elevate Montana’s prairies, mountains, and wildlife to a higher realm and preserve them through my paintings. Using undertones is how I reflect my feelings about subjects. For example, I seek to express Montana’s warmth by painting in colors that blend with undertones, such as in “Harvest Moon.” Currently, I’m focused on the American Impressionists, as I study their use of undertones, tonalist palettes, and representative techniques. The works of John Singer Sargent and Spain’s Joaquin Sarolla impart both artists’ feelings about their subjects realistically; I deeply respect their places in the lineage of great impressionistic painters. I’ve learned from laying rail on Montana steel gangs, years of hiking Glacier National Park and growing up on the prairie that every object, natural or man-made, has a story. Each tractor I’ve painted has its own story, as does each bison and wheat field. When I paint, my emotions are profound yet I want to represent the subject and its story faithfully. It’s my honor to paint these stories of Montana. My paintings are the most significant thing I have to offer. Represented by these fine art galleries: Going To The Sun Gallery 137 Central Avenue Whitefish, Montana http://www.goingtothesungallery.com West Lives On Gallery Jackson Hole, Wyoming 83001 http://www.westliveson.com/ Creighton Block Gallery Big Sky, Montana http://www.creightonblockgallery.com Voted 2008 Flathead Valley's best local artist (Daily Inter Lake-"The Best of The Flathead"). 2008 to Present: Adjunct Professor at Flathead Valley Community College/Painting I & II. Graduate: Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Participant: Numerous Plein Air paint-outs to benefit various non-profit organizations across Montana.

Listed Artwork:   (Click on one to view more information about that artwork) Buffalo Lifestreams Tractor Sun Lodge Dancer Teepee Morning, Many Glacier Chief Mountain Summer Eagle Feather Fan We Jammin Great Northern Middle Fork Evening at Hole In The Wall Summer Evening - Whitefish River Birches, Lake McDonald Evening, Missouri River The Garden Wall Face to the Sun / Ass to the Wind, Choteau Flathead September Bad Rock Canyon Flathead Farmall Mt Reynolds - Spring Mt Reynolds - Summer Running Eagle Falls Preachers Dream, The Portrait of a Cow Glacier Park Lake McDonald Evening on The North Fork Rock American Indian Glacier Park Sinopah White Cliffs, Missouri River Evening, Bar W Ranch Art In The Park East Glacier Butte Montana Bridge on Snyder Creek Lake McDonald Lodge The Green Satin Settee Columbine Evening In The Missouri Breaks Clements Mountain Whitefish Montana Glacier National Park