Southwest Art - Landscape Painter - New Mexico Artist Robert Benjamin, bio2

New Mexico & southwest realistic landscape artist Robert Benjamin's bio

"Robert’s pastels of New Mexico landscape combine a realistic approach with technical mastery to produce glowing images of a variety of scenes - some majestic, others humble, but all showing facets of the state we love. They are realistic and accurate enough to please those who normally prefer photography to painting, and still are accomplished and abstract enough to thrill sophisticated art lovers".

Bette Brodsky , New Mexico Magazine

Education Cancer Research and Treatment Center, Albuquerque, NM 1978

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 1992 Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ 1978

University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 1984

Ivy school of Professional Art, Pittsburgh, PA 1970-1972 Experience

Achievements Landscape Painter, Albuquerque NM, 1995 to present

New Mexico Magazine Distinguished Artist Calendar 2001 Art and Advertising Director, Sunwest Silver, Inc., Albuquerque, NM 1992 to 1995

The Petroglyph Calendar, an Archaeoastronomy Adventure by Hubert A. Allen, Jr. 1998 Art Director, RH Power and Associates, Albuquerque, NM 1991 to 1992

Museum of NM, Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, NM 1990 Art Director, Woolcott and Associates, Albuquerque, NM 1987 to 1990

New Mexico of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM 1985 Owner/Caster, Southwest Bronze, Albuquerque, NM 1980 to 1986

American Artists of Renown, Wilson Publishing Company, Gilmer, TX 1982 Artist, Western Graphics, Albuquerque, NM 1976 to 1980

Smithsonian Institution, National Collection of Fine Art, Washington, DC 1980 Art Coordinator, Navajoland Festival of the Arts, Window Rock, AZ 1977

Roswell Museum and Fine Art Center, Roswell , NM 1980 Free-Lance Graphic Artist/Designer, Albuquerque, NM 1972 to 1976

Navajo Tribal Museum, Window Rock, AZ 1980

New Mexico Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM 1979 Currently

University of New Mexico Hospital New Mexico Landscape Painter, Consultant and Designer


"Robert’s pastels of New Mexico landscape combine a realistic approach with technical mastery to produce glowing images of a variety of scenes - some majestic, others humble, but all showing facets of the state we love. They are realistic and accurate enough to please those who normally prefer photography to painting, and still are accomplished and abstract enough to thrill sophisticated art lovers". Bette Brodsky , New Mexico Magazine
Education	Cancer Research and Treatment Center, Albuquerque, NM 1978
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 1992	Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ 1978
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 1984
Ivy school of Professional Art, Pittsburgh, PA 1970-1972	Experience
Achievements	Landscape Painter, Albuquerque NM, 1995 to present
New Mexico Magazine Distinguished Artist Calendar 2001	Art and Advertising Director, Sunwest Silver, Inc., Albuquerque, NM 1992 to 1995
The Petroglyph Calendar, an Archaeoastronomy Adventure by Hubert A. Allen, Jr. 1998	Art Director, RH Power and Associates, Albuquerque, NM 1991 to 1992
Museum of NM, Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, NM 1990	Art Director, Woolcott and Associates, Albuquerque, NM 1987 to 1990
New Mexico of Natural History, Albuquerque, NM 1985	Owner/Caster, Southwest Bronze, Albuquerque, NM 1980 to 1986
American Artists of Renown, Wilson Publishing Company, Gilmer, TX 1982	Artist, Western Graphics, Albuquerque, NM 1976 to 1980
Smithsonian Institution, National Collection of Fine Art, Washington, DC 1980	Art Coordinator, Navajoland Festival of the Arts, Window Rock, AZ 1977
Roswell Museum and Fine Art Center, Roswell , NM 1980	Free-Lance Graphic Artist/Designer, Albuquerque, NM 1972 to 1976
Navajo Tribal Museum, Window Rock, AZ 1980
New Mexico Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM 1979	Currently
University of New Mexico Hospital	New Mexico Landscape Painter, Consultant and Designer