Art, Adventure and Conservation Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Vermont 1978 (Invited to 27 Law Schools; 26 unsolicited, all declined 1993) Freelance Commercial Artist; NYC 1978 - 1994 Founder/Executive Director of the Wilderness River Expedition Art Foundation (WREAF, 2005) Wilderness canoeist, sponsored by Mad River Canoe Company since 2001 Fine Artist, since 1995 National Parks Academy of the Arts, Arts for the Parks “Top 100” Competition and national tour; 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 (“Best Waterfowl Award” 1997 “Cape Hatteras National Seashore Award” 1998) 2005, 2006 Arts for the Parks Top 100 Miniature Show 1999 “Best of Show Miniature”; Pac Rim Wildlife Art Show, Seattle, WA “Best of Show”; Northeastern Wildlife Art Show, Stowe, VT 2005 “Best of Show”; California Open Wildlife Art Show, San Diego, CA 2008 Elvis Campbell Memorial Award, Kentucky National Wildlife Art Show, Henderson, Ohio 2008 Finalist (18th) Federal Duck Stamp Competition 1999 Birds in Art Exhibition; Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum Wild in dur Natur; Entebbe Netherlands 1997-2005, 2009-2011 Art of the Animal Kingdom; Bennington Center for the Natural Arts 2002 Art and the Animal; annual exhibition of the Society of Animal Artists 2006 Featured Artist; California Open Wildlife Art Show 1995 Winner Vermont State Migratory Bird Stamp Competition (9th in the Federal) 1997 Winner New York State Migratory Bird Stamp Competition (declined) Signature Member of the Society of Animal Artists (SAA, New York City) Signature Member of Artists for Conservation (AFC, Vancouver) Curator, “Visions of the Boreal Forest; Art, Science and Adventure Deep in the Northern Wilderness” Wildling Art Museum; Los Olivos, CA: June 24 – September 9, 2007 The Wildlife Experience; Parker, CO: February 23 – May 31, 2008 More venues pending final approval and installation at the National Museum of Natural History; dates to be determined Art Expeditions: 2011 Aug 1- Aug 30; "Heart of the Boreal"; Woodland Caribou Provincial Park 2009 Sept 1 - Oct 3; "Trans-Labrador"; Lake Attikamagen Labrador - Nain, Labrador (300-mile canoe expedition; third party on second half of route in 100 years) 2008 Sept 29 - Oct 18; Lake Kamestastin, Labrador (base camp exploration of area) 2008 Aug 31 - Sept 9; Slate Islands, Lake Superior (canoe expedition) 2008 Jan 31 - Feb 15; St. Ignace Island/Nipigon Bay, Lake Superior (toboggan trip over the ice) 2007 July 13 - Aug 4; Sleeping Giant to Rainbow Falls, Lake Superior NMCA promotion (canoe expedition) 2006/07 Dec 18 - Jan 18; Lajitas, TX - Pecos River, Rio Grande (canoe expedition) 2006 Aug 31 - Sept 20; Indian House Lake - Helen Falls; George River, Nunavik (canoe expedition) 2005 Aug 23 - Sept 15; Indian House Lake - Kangiqsualuujuaq Ungava Bay, George River (canoe expedition) 2004 Aug 30 - Sept 18; Chapleau River, Ontario (canoe expedition) 2003 Sept 25 - Oct 9; Mattice, Ontario to Moose River Crossing, Missinaibi River and Moose Rivers (canoe expedition) 2002 Oct 3 - Oct 12; Harricana River, QC (returned to start - dangerously high water and snow) (canoe expedition) 2001 Aug 23 - Sept 14; Missinaibi Lake to Moose River Crossing, Missinaibi and Moose Rivers (canoe expedition) |
| Bad hair day on the George River, Nunavik |
| A freelance advertising artist in Manhattan until 1994, Rob has won over 30 awards in more than 70 shows from coast to coast, including "Birds in Art", "Art and the Animal", "Art of the Animal Kingdom", and the Arts for the Parks Top 100 Show and National Tour. Combining his art career with his degree in biology and 25 years of wilderness canoeing experience, Rob founded the Wilderness River Expedition Art Foundation (WREAF) in 2005. Working with the Smithsonian Institution and the Canadian Boreal Initiative among others, WREAF strives to expand environmental education and awareness. Rob is co-organizer/lead curator of a major touring Smithsonian exhibition that is in development and targeted to open in 2015, "Visions of the Boreal Forest" with Dr. Stephen Loring of the Smithsonian's Arctic Studies Center Rob has two daughters: Katie works for Houghton Mifflin Publishing, has two degrees and attends law school in Boston where she lives with her wife Courtney. Lena is a junior biology major at the University of Connecticut. When not on expeditions, Rob divides his time between his home in Vermont and his girlfriend Bonnie's home in the West Island of Montréal |
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