BIOGRAPHY
A native of Iowa, Robert Kuester spent two years at Drake University. He went on to obtain a BFA from the Fine Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. Living in New Mexico since 1986, Robert paints still life, landscapes, figures and commissioned portraits in oils only.

EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
OPA National show 1996 Best of Show
Sangre De Cristo show 1993 Third Place
OPA National show 1993 Award of Excellence
OPA National show 1992 Union League Award
Texas Neighbors Competition 1992 Third Place
Grasslands Rendezvous show 1980 Second Place
National Portrait Society Competition 1980 Second Place
Albuquerque Museum of Art Miniatures Annual Exhibit

PUBLICATIONS / ARTICLES
Art of the West, Still Life feature May-June 2005
Self Published DVD Instruction in Still Life #1 See robertkuester.com
100 Ways to Paint Flowers & Gardens Vol. 1 2004
The Simple Secret to Better Painting 2003
Albuquerque Journal March 2002
Focus Santa Fe October 1997
Southwest Art OPA feature May 1997
Art of the West November-December 1996
Focus Santa Fe May 1996

COLLECTIONS
National Cowboy Hall of Fame Portrait of Milburn Stone
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Brown Ms. Shelley Duvall
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Riddick Mr. and Mrs. Irby Brown
Valvoline Corporation North Carolina University
Carolina Securities And many others…

GALLERY LIST
Albuquerque, New Mexico Concetta D. Galleria
Santa Fe, New Mexico Sage Creek Gallery
Destin, Florida Beverley McNeil Gallery
Ruidoso, New Mexico Adobe Gallery