Artist’s Statement

Sometimes I feel like I’m walking  a ‘ tightrope’ high above snapping alligators with a rusty razor blade in one hand and an ice cream cone in the other.  Trying to get safely to the other side, and still enjoy that ice cream cone. 

Life can be like that.  If you don’t learn to balance things you find yourself in constant discomfort and danger, anxious and unsatisfied.  Balance is not something we’re born with; it’s something we learn.  And learning balance comes with its fair share of face plants, lumps bumps and bruises.

From the time we learn to walk, talk, love, share, ride a bike or deflect the daily barrage of insults, poisons, trials and tribulations that life hurls at us there’s always another human being there showing you ‘the ropes.’ The more people you’re open to learning from, the quicker you’ll achieve your own sense of balance.

Whether it’s a lesson from my mother, a saying from my grandfather, or funny piece of advice from a complete stranger in a bar I’m always trying to keep myself open to learning new tricks for the tightrope.

My work plays on the many variations of physical and emotional balance, I hope you enjoy it.

DS Robertson

 

 BIO:

Born in Montpelier, Vermont, Dan Robertson is a third generation painter following in the footsteps of his grandfather Lloyd Hulbert and mother Babs Robertson. It is also from them that he has acquired his passion for art, antiques and family wisdom. He shows nationally in galleries in Newburyport Massachusetts, Beaufort South Carolina and Savannah Georgia.

He currently works out of his studio in an old barn in Eaton, Ohio while participating in artist’s groups such as the Cannery Art and Design Center in Dayton and the Artist's Group of Charlestown, MA.

Recently Dan had 2 paintings featured in Studio Visit Magazine Vol. 1, 2008 published by The Open Studio Press, Boston, MA.

 

For a better sampling of his work, please visit his web site at www.barkhaus.com/art