Biography
Rodriguez has been a nationally recognized illustrator for most of his career in art. If you have ever had oatmeal for breakfast during the last 15 years, Roberts painting of the Old Quaker has probably been watching over you the whole time. Do you like corn chips? Well, Robert was the artist for the Santitas Corn Chip senorita on their package. Cookies? It is Robert’s painting of the kindly granny on Grandma’s Cookies that encourages you to pick up a bag at the checkout counter. Movie posters, a Superbowl poster, Ringling Bros. circus posters, Broadway theater posters, liqueur labels, and about 18 US postage stamps, including the Cowboys of the Silver Screen series.
EDUCATION
1965-69 Chouinard Art Institute
AWARDS
2019 Honorary Doctorate from Academy of Art University / San Francisco
2019 Third place for Best Oil Painting / San Dimas Festival of Arts
2018 Nominee for Best Oil Painting / San Dimas Festival of Arts
2014 Master of Typography Award: Graphis Journal Online
2012 Master of Illustration Award: Graphis Journal Online
2011 Platinum Award: Graphis Annual Exhibition
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 Kerrville Museum of Western Art 38th Annual Roundup Exhibition and Sale / Kerrville, TX
2021 Out West Art Show / Great Falls, MT
2021 Montana Miniatures / Great Falls, MT
2020 Miniatures by the Lake / Coeur d’Alene, ID
2020 CM Russell Live Auction / Great Falls, MT
2020 Cattleman’s Western Art Show / Paso Robles, CA rescheduled until 2022
2019 San Dimas Festival of Arts: California Images & History / San Dimas, CA
2018 San Dimas Festival of Arts: California Images & History / San Dimas, CA
