Robert attended Washington University where he received a liberal Education in Art and Architecture. During his apprenticeships he began working closely with interior and architectural designers. He then developed a career in house painting, wall covering, faux finishing, antiquing, & stenciling. He has created interior features for clients which include Carol Burnett, Gene Hackman, Opra Winfrey, and head football coach University of Texas, Mack Brown.  Robert has created paintings, murals, sculptures, and has had his work featured on the cover of Metropolitan Home and in Southern Living magazine. Robert works with leather, wood, mask-making and Assemblage. He is fascinated by face painting cultures, outsider art, mask making traditions, graffiti artists, and the pottery traditions. He enjoys working with repurposed and recycled materials not only for environmental reasons but, because it connects him to the past.