A R T
Robert Simone’s “Painterly Realism”
RO B E R T S IMO N E
looks for extraordinary
beauty in ordinary
places. By using color and
composition, he creates artistic
visions that convert landscapes
into simple views that he calls
“painterlyrealism.”Robert says
that painting is his way of
seeing through a landscape’s
details to its essence. For
him, painting is a prolonged
meditation on the beauty of
nature. His representational
style expresses the beauty that
he observes around him.
CAPTURING
NATURE
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He discovered
plein-air
painting
in 2006
“Wading In” is a view of the
north beach at Fort DeSoto
Park in Tierra Verde and the
scattered Australian Pines
that are admired for their
shade, yet reviled for their
invasive nature.