Showcase 1/1/09 Rob Chope

UPDATE :
***Rob Chope is having a showing of his Art at a Detroit art gallery down from the Detroit Institute of Arts - January 2009.

Homicide Detective by Rob Chope RobChope.com

Canadian born artist Rob Chope spent countless hours in his basement "hole" drawing, painting, hiding and loving every second of it. Fast-forward a couple decades and here he is doing commercial art for one of the most sought after art studios in Michigan. Rob has enjoyed his position as master retoucher for over 10 years. After long hours working at a 30" computer monitor Rob decided to start sneaking in the fun stuff (sci-fi & fantasy art). Then came Rob's Bakshi "Weehawk tribute". He was honored to do this piece as a thank you to the wonderful Bakshi folks. Despite Rob's love of traditional mediums, he has little time to create freely. This led him down a new and inventive path. "When your job puts you in front of a huge flat screen monitor it is hard not to fall right into a new creation. I believe that the digital world has accelerated my progress and abilities. I can try any aspect of a piece in many ways and colors to study it and determine what really works best rather than wondering what something would have looked like had I approached it differently. I never have to wait for paint to dry but I do miss the smell of the acrylics, oils and pencils shavings." So when he is not retouching to solve the world's problems with his finely tuned creative savvy, he slips into the world of fantasy art. His work takes you to a bold, imaginative place full of exaggeration and wonder. Maybe it was having grown up in a family of machine designers that made Rob the odd man out but through that the challenge was presented. Making a living doing what he loves the most.

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Posted by Rabbit at January 1, 2009 11:34 PM