Art in the Library

Artist Statement: Lind Roberts

Lind enjoyed drawing and painting at an early age and in high school. She studied art at Metropolitan State College in Denver and the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, Colorado. She continued with occasional watercolor classes at the Denver Botanic Gardens. In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, she took classes in batik (a wax-resist dying technique on silk fabric) at the Azalea Batik Factory. Later she worked in acrylics at the Santa Monica PAINT:LAB where one of her paintings was selected for the student art show in 2015. She pursued further training at the Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia in drawing and figure drawing. Lind has studied at Maitland Art Center and currently is a student at the Crealdé School of Art in Winter Park working in oil and pastels. Lind’s paintings were selected for the 2022 and 2023 Crealdé Student Art Shows.

“The focus of my work is exploring how light, form, and color transform a 2-dimensional plane into an object of interest for the viewer and the artist. I hope you will enjoy my work.”

Artist Statement: Michael Roberts

Mike began painting as a diversion from his work in airport design in 2010.  Upon retirement in 2019 he began taking classes in painting at Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia.  Since moving to Maitland in late 2020 with his wife Lind, he has continued studying at the Crealdé School of Art in Winter Park and in both painting and pastels at the Maitland Art Center.  Mike exhibited last February here in the library and had his work selected for the ’22 and ’23 Crealdé Student Exhibits.

He holds undergraduate degrees in Liberal Arts, Architecture and Mathematics.  A licensed Architect for over thirty years, he was a design manager for twenty years on airport terminal projects including the Southwest Airlines terminals at Orlando International and BWI, the new International Terminal at LAX and various projects at DEN, KUL, EWR, DCA, PHL and PBI.

Mike is currently working mainly in still life, both in oil and pastel mediums.  He is focusing specifically on experimenting with the station point to create unexpected foreshortening.  Hopefully this provides fresh viewpoints for the viewer, producing surprise, curiosity and ideally, an emotional connection.