Author Description

This beautifully illustrated volume comprehensively explores the art and life of artist Robert Kipniss. He has produced an impressive body of work that includes paintings, drawings, lithographs, and intaglio prints. His emphasis on woods, solitary trees, houses, interiors and windows, chairs and vases, offer glimpses into the interior life of the artist, while underscoring the inner life present in seemingly ordinary locales. The absence of a direct population in his landscapes provides a haunting vision, and a touch of menace to an otherwise innocuous vase of flowers or cluster of houses. Robert Kipniss' work echoes his emphasis on the journey, not the destination, and his paintings allow the viewer a window into that journey.