ROB SILLS
Photographer
Artist Bio
Like many photographers my age, my journey began at camp in the late 50’s where some form of Kodak Brownie camera was all I needed to explore the wonder of taking pictures and then developing them myself. All black and white they are long gone from any dusty box or album that held them. From that point on I was hooked on taking photos whenever I was experiencing some special or memorable event. A series of unexceptional cameras was all I needed to continue this occasional photography until, like many others I discovered the need to up my game, and equipment, to coincide with the birth of our first child… I was hooked. However, I was yet to really approach the “art” of photography and was still really recording activities, not creating art, with some minor exceptions.
Fast forward and I was taking photography classes at The Evanston Art Center, The Art Center at Highland Park and the Chicago Botanical Garden. While they all provided much needed inspiration and guidance, it was truly the CBG that really stirred a creative passion in me to explore what I could imagine and execute through the lens. It was there that my natural inclination towards humor, abstraction and Surrealism really grabbed hold and influenced my techniques and practices from that point forward. Since my early days at the CBG I began showing examples of my work through several groups that I had joined as well as the organizations from which I was taking classes.
Art Reception:
September 17 fromm 2:00 - 4:30 pm