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Artist: Robert Ruello
Unknown Adventures In Unknown Spaces #14
By Robert Ruello
Located in Houston, TX
Unknown Adventures In Unknown Spaces #14, 2013
acrylic and flashe on canvas, 24 x 30 inches
This canvas is part of a recent series of works entitled “Unknown Adventures in Unknown Spaces” by Houston-based painter Robert Ruello.
Robert Ruello (b. 1958, New Orleans, LA) lives and works in Houston TX. He received an MFA from Columbia University (1997), a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1987), and a BA in Psychology from Loyola University, New Orleans, LA (1982). From 1987-89 he was an artist-in-residence at the Core Program, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX. His recent exhibitions include solo shows at Lone Star College, Woodlands, TX; Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX; and the group exhibitions Mapping Galveston, Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, TX, and In Plain Sight, McClain Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Robert Ruello Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
Unknown Adventures In Unknown Spaces #12
By Robert Ruello
Located in Houston, TX
Unknown Adventures In Unknown Spaces #12, 2013
acrylic and flashe on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
This canvas is part of a recent series of works entitled “Unknown Adventures in Unknown Spaces” by Houston-based painter Robert Ruello.
Robert Ruello (b. 1958, New Orleans, LA) lives and works in Houston TX. He received an MFA from Columbia University (1997), a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1987), and a BA in Psychology from Loyola University, New Orleans, LA (1982). From 1987-89 he was an artist-in-residence at the Core Program, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX. His recent exhibitions include solo shows at Lone Star College, Woodlands, TX; Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX; and the group exhibitions Mapping Galveston, Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, TX, and In Plain Sight, McClain Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Robert Ruello Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
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