Born in Little Falls,
New York, Robert Bissett is known for the life-like quality of the faces
he paints. His Plein-air landscapes are also notable, especially those
done in Alaska and Idaho.
He graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1967, served over five years
as a pilot including two tours in Viet Nam. Returning to school after
the service he graduated from Washington State University with a degree
in architecture, Summa Cum Laude. A career in architecture seemed more
practical, but the urge to paint became overwhelming in the summer of
1979. That fall he had his first show at a gallery in Anchorage, Alaska.
Most of the paintings were landscapes and it sold out. The following
spring one of those mountain portraits was selected as the subject for
a four thousand edition Beautiful Alaska promotional print, 16"
x 48". Bissett moved to Idaho in 1980. He has traveled throughout
the US, Japan, Australia, Spain, Turkey, Ethiopia, Greece, Iran, Greenland,
England, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Costa Rica. His paintings are a valued
part of many private collections.
The idea is to communicate. To reveal something new in what we see around
us every day, a kernel of truth, an essence, a distillation, an idea.
To make a spark that could ignite a mind or open a heart. There is an
intimacy and conviviality that comes with sharing. I revel in it as
I would a great bottle of wine. Oil, acrylic, watercolor and architecture.
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