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ROB HARTSHORN Thank you for visiting my website. If you are here to discover what sort of person will paint your portrait, you may find that I have a different story to tell. WHAT I WAS MEANT TO DO Though I am a 4th generation artist and have painted all my life, I do not have traditional art training. Instead, I began a successful but more conservative career with an MBA from the Wharton School of Business. I soon learned that corporate business and a life of creative fulfillment have little common ground, and my passion for artistic expression through painting eventually won. ONE PAINTER'S SEARCH My artistic journey has been an individual and often solitary one. It began with the inspiration of my grandfather, the Philadelphia artist and architect Walter Antrim, and his evocative watercolors from travels around the world. I Walter Antrim followed my grandfather's lead in painting, and, as my course of study, I chose to research and experience first-hand the time-honored writings and techniques of the Old Masters. This is an adventure that has taken me to museums and studios from New York to London and throughout Europe. In practice, I have sought out mentors and learned from such varied modern masters as Carolyn Hobbs, renowned sculptor and Renaissance man Sandro Bonaiuto, painter Jay Sargent and the incomparable colorist Bruce Conforti. WHY PORTAITURE My search quickly led to the fine art of portraiture. Some of the most well known names in art history such as Rembrandt and DaVinci have been portrait painters. Their masterpieces demonstrate my conviction that one of art's greatest challenges and achievements is to evoke a sense of individual spirit and beauty. I find my own fulfillment in capturing on canvas the essential qualities found in the people I portray. WHY CLEVELAND? I have made Cleveland my home and studio with my wife Lorraine and children, Lindsay and Courtney. Why Cleveland? Because this city's cauldron of fine artists and venues is one of the art world's best kept secrets. For a professional artist it offers a wealth of inspiration, creative support and world renowned institutions such as the Cleveland Orchestra, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cleveland Institutes of Art and Music. YOUR COMMISSION Now in my third decade of painting professionally, I receive commissions for portraits of businessmen, religious leaders, politicians and parents and children of prominent families. My work hangs in state courthouses, city halls, regional galleries and in private collections throughout the United States, Europe and South America. Still, every time I step back from a portrait I have just completed, I find that it is my "best one yet!" Please feel free to call me at any time at (216) 403-2734 to discuss how your portrait can be my next work of art.	216-403-2734 Robert_Hartshorn@yahoo.com Cleveland ·Miami New York
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