Robert is a contemporary artist based on the Otago Peninsula in Dunedin, where he has worked from his home studio since 1998. Originally from the UK, he studied Fine Arts at Leeds Metropolitan University and later completed a Master's degree in Fine Art Printmaking at Camberwell College of Arts in London.

Since moving to New Zealand in 1996, Robert has exhibited his paintings, prints and mixed-media works extensively throughout the country. He has been recognised as a finalist in The Arts House Art Awards and the Parkin Drawing Prize on multiple occasions.

Robert's practice explores themes of communication, connection and the ways people classify and organise the world around them. His work also reflects a desire to create spaces of reflection and pause amid the pace of modern life and the constant flow of information.

Influenced by mid-century modernist artists such as Piet Mondrian, Paul Klee and Ben Nicholson, Robert combines simplicity, geometry and subtle humour to investigate these ideas. His background in printmaking continues to shape the construction and visual language of his paintings and collage works, while literature and poetry remain enduring sources of inspiration throughout his practice.

His work is heavily influenced by literature (particularly poetry), and the themes and titles of his work often reference his favourite writers and artists:

“I do not think I am slowing down time, but I am demanding people’s time. In a busy world that is a big demand, but one of the reasons why art matters is its ability to stop the rush". Film maker Tacita Dean

“The contemporaneity of presence in the moment and remoteness from the world is the place of art”. Writer Karl Ōve Knausgaard