He regularly teaches for their annual “Weekend with the Masters” workshops.
He pioneered one of the first online teaching courses for their magazine which included live webinars and critiques. American Artist’s Workshop Magazine featured one of his Ireland workshops in their Spring 2006 issue. He regularly tours students through the great museums of Europe, garnering from his extensive knowledge of the old European masters. He teaches at The Art League of Virginia and holds workshops throughout the United States and abroad. Rob is well known for his inspiring and informative teaching style. Rob’s portrait demonstrations have become a favorite for students attending the Portrait Societies’ Portrait Academies where he has been a regular member of the faculty for over a decade. Rob has been commissioned to paint portraits for clients such as Marc Pachter, long-time Director of the National Portrait Gallery, George H. His work has also been highlighted in The Artist’s Magazine, International Artist, American Art Collector, England’s The Artist and China’s Collection magazine. Another of his portraits graced the cover of The Artist’s magazine in April 2007. The previous year he placed Best of Show. In April 2003 Robert received the Portrait Society of America’s Grand Prize Award in their annual International Portrait Competition. Rob is a visiting instructor at The National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, demonstrating old masters’ techniques. He is an honorary member of the American-China Oil Painting Artists League and participates in their shows in New York and Bejing. Perhaps best known for the movement and draftsmanship of his figure work, Rob has been selected as a “Living Master” by the Art Renewal Center where his painting “5th Circle” received first place in the Imaginative Realism category of the 2016 ARC Salon and he won the Collections Magazine Award in 2017.