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Caption: ROB MOLER The Latin Series: Figurative Work
Caption: Like a mirror held
to one's face, my male figurative work reflects the struggle between human aspiration
and the transitory nature
of human existence.
My themes include the
sensuality of the flesh,
the pain of broken relationships, the social injustice of homophobia,
religious opposition to
same-sex marriage,
and the shallow
nature of today’s
youth culture .
Caption: “TEMPUS VOLATILIS”
(Time Flies)
30” x 24” x 3”
oil on canvas
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Caption: Inspired by the
artisans of antiquity,
I have chosen to use the autonomous male nude to express the collective
human condition,
an ideal image projected throughout the ages
but never quite realized.
It is within his
“vulnerable virility”
that we make our own
cognitive connections with the inevitable process of
aging, dying and death.
Caption: “VITA HOMINIS”
(Life of Man)
24” x 24” x 2”
oil on panel
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Caption: I usually incorporate
some sort of mask
or substitute an object
to cover the face of the subject
to lift him onto a symbolically higher level of self-awareness and consciousness.
By masking the figure,
the internal male psyche rather than the individual physical
portrait is emphasized which brings further content
to the composition.
Caption: “VANITAS”
(Vanity)
30” x 24” x 3”
oil on canvas
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Caption: I am drawn to
surrealism
as it depicts a world
where time is meaningless
and gravity does not rule.
In my surreal landscapes,
objects are possessed by the spirits of positive and negative
emotions or are carried by hummingbird messengers
to add further depth
to the story.
Caption: “ABEO ALIO”
(Change the Mind)
30” x 24” x 3”
oil on canvas
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Caption: I find painting
to be therapeutic as
it allows me to express my emotions, my observations,
my disappointments,
and my fears.
Painting encourages me to
organize my cluttered
mind and visually
problem-solve.
Caption: “SIC TRANSIT NOS
GLORIA MUNDI”
(So Goes Our Earthly Glory)
30” x 24” x 3”
oil on canvas
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Caption: My paintings
are honest reflections
of how I perceive
reality and my desire to acknowledge its
harshness without
sugar-coating
its nature.
Caption: “DECOR EST PALLOR VIGEO”
(Beauty is a Flower Fading)
30” x 24” x 3”
oil on canvas
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Caption: My paintings are
filled with
“magic”
but have nothing
to do with
“magical thinking.”
The viewer is
challenged to think
rationally and humanely
about social injustice
rather than to accept
religious perspectives
and dogma
as fact.
Caption: “HOC EST ENIM
CORPUS MEUM”
(For This is My Body)
72” x 84” x 3”
oil on canvas
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Caption: Hopefully my work
will connect
emotionally and intellectually
with viewers,
encouraging
them to unmask
these
objects to
discover their
symbolic essence
and find personal
meaning
within.
Caption: “TRANSIT UMBRA LUX PERMANET”
(Shadows Pass, Light Remains)
72” x 84” x 3”
oil on canvas
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Caption: “SUPERSTES”
(Survivor)
24” x 24” x 2” oil on canvas
The proceeding painting was commissioned as a gift for a
long-term HIV survivor who also successfully battled cancer twice.
As in Native American culture, the animal images represent the “spirit guides” associated with deceased family members.
The background landscape was inspired by the survivor’s
family farm.
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Caption: www.robertmoler.com