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Bob Coonts
A Colorado native and long-time Fort Collins resident, Bob’s painting style reflects
his western heritage yet is uniquely his own. He strives for an image that is unusual
and innovative. His work is often stylized, often whimsical, always colorful and
strong in design and composition. Animals, landscapes, people, history and
mythology provide him with a wealth of subject matter. He also produces images
that are purely abstract or non-objective in nature.
Bob works with a color palette reminiscent of the Fauvist movement and often
combines both realism and abstraction in one piece. Coonts’ work has been
likened to abstract surrealism, realism with an abstract point of view or imagined
realism.
He paints and sculpts in his home studio north of Fort Collins, Colorado where he
and his wife, Sallie, live near a lake with a view of the magnificent Rocky Mountains.
bobcoonts.com
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