"Red Rock in Detail" by R. Geoffrey Blackburn
R. Geoffrey Blackburn showed at Moab Art Works during October 2007. He will return with new works in September 2008.
Born in Utah in the late 1940's,
R. Geoffrey Blackburn has been drawing and painting since he was a
child. Although he studied art both privately and at the
University of Utah, he is mostly self-taught. He began his
professional art career in 1970 and has created art, taught art and
worked in various art-related fields his entire professional life.
”I have always been
fascinated by the incredible diversity and often unearthly
beauty of western landscapes. I have crawled over
the mountains and deserts staking mining claims and prospecting for
gold, silver and uranium. I have also been a ski racer and a ski
instructor and so I am enamored with both alpine and desert landscapes
in all seasons. Some of my earliest paintings were of lakes and
mountains, prospectors, cowboys and skiers (the latter, usually
rendered in electric colors). But when I first visited Moab,
Canyonlands and Arches (in Utah), I was truly smitten! The
geological marvels I encountered there just blew me away! I could have
been on another planet! While my friends were wearing suits hunkered
down in offices, I was lucky enough to spend more than a decade
prospecting and exploring in Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Wyoming
and Idaho." - R. Geoffrey Blackburn
The artist's reception takes place on Saturday October 6th at 6pm. The exhibition is free and open to all. For more details about this show and other exhibits contact Moab Art Works at (435) 259-3010.
The Art of R. Geoffrey Blackburn
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