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DON ROBSON IS A PROFESSOR OF ART AND CHAIRMAN OF THE ART DEPARTMENT AT CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, NEBRASKA. HE HOLDS HIS MASTER OF FINE ARTS DEGREE FROM WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY AND HIS MASTER OF TEACHING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI. ROBSON IS AN ACCOMPLISHED AND PUBLISHED ARTIST WHO HAS EXHIBITED WORK IN JURIED COMPETITIONS, SOLO AND GROUP SHOWS AND HAS WORK IN GALLERIES, MUSEUMS AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

ARTIST STATEMENT

EXPLORING THEMES OF DEPRESSION, LOSS, LONGING AND ACCEPTANCE, MY WORK IS A WAY FOR ME TO FIND PEACE WITH THE PLIGHT AND CONDITION OF PEOPLE I KNOW. I’VE ALWAYS BEEN DRAWN TO THE CHALLENGING ISSUES INHERENT TO RELATIONSHIPS, THE ONES THAT FORCE US TO TRY HARDER OR GIVE UP ALTOGETHER. THEY ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE’RE OFTEN MORE ACUTELY SENSITIVE TO AND STAY WITH US FOR OUR LIFETIME. I BELIEVE THAT’S WHERE THE STRONGEST AND MOST CONFRONTATIONAL IMAGES ARE BORN.