Robert Standish

Robert Standish (American, b.1964) is an American painter living and working in Los Angeles whose organic process reveals the emotive effects of color, shape, and texture. An acclaimed former photorealist, Standish became inspired by the color-field painters, Abstract Expressionism, and Abstract Spritualism, and uses his free-flowing signature paint gestures to explore abstraction, composition, and transcendence. His works can be found in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Weisman Foundation, Laguna Art Museum. Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Crocker Art Museum, JP MORGAN CHASE, Louis K. Meisel, Larry and Marilyn Fields, Patricia Arquette, Norwest Venture Partners, and BRYANT/ STIBEL, along with numerous other acclaimed collections. Standish's paintings have been exhibited internationally in galleries and museums, including the Hammer Art Museum, the Frederick R Weisman Museum of Art, Carnegie Art Museum, Laguna Art Museum, Torrance Art Museum, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, and a duo show with Sam Francis at Martin Lawrence Gallery in San Francisco.