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© Robert Hitzig "Geiselius myrmecophagia" curly maple, epoxy, turquiose, shellac $1100 |
© Robert Hitzig "Miocenean Memory" curly maple, epoxy, moose antler, shellac $1200 |
© Robert Hitzig “Castleris vermontensis” 32”H x 12”W x 9”D curly maple, epoxy, metal, shellac $1200 |
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See a complete portfolio of Robert Hitzig's work at: www.roberthitzig.com
Robert is a self-taught artist who developed his woodworking skills while constructing furniture as a hobbyist. As his work progressed, he became more and more focused on accentuating the natural beauty of the wood, emphasizing the grain patterns and figure. Slowly, he realized that the furniture distracted from the beauty of wood and that by creating non-functional pieces he could express what attracted him to working with wood. Robert arrived at his path of fine art through a circuitous route. Although he has always enjoyed studying art from a distance, his last art class was in the eighth grade. His education was focused more on the sciences. Robert has an undergraduate degree in Geology and History from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and a graduate degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Following graduate school, Robert spent three years working in West Africa, Senegal and Benin, as an agro-forester/forester with the Peace Corps. After returning to the United States, he worked for ten years with the Environmental Protection Agency in their Underground Storage Tank and Superfund divisions in Washington, DC. Perhaps because of Robert's lack of formal artistic education, he has become an inventive artist whose work is very original. He is continually developing new series of work which usually involve accentuating the natural shapes and designs found within wood. |
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