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Rocky Hawkins BIOGRAPHY
Born 1950 Seattle, Washington. Known for: Native American figure painting.
Expect the unexpected and take a journey into the mysterious world of the unknown. Such is the art of Rocky Hawkins. In his own words, Hawkins describes his process as follows: "I paint with passion,... Read full biography
Expect the unexpected and take a journey into the mysterious world of the unknown. Such is the art of Rocky Hawkins. In his own words, Hawkins describes his process as follows: "I paint with passion, risk and abbreviated images instead of capturing realism. Set against transit texture and vivid... Read full biography
Expect the unexpected and take a journey into the mysterious world of the unknown. Such is the art of Rocky Hawkins. In his own words, Hawkins describes his process as follows: "I paint with passion, risk and abbreviated images instead of capturing realism. Set against transit texture and vivid color, images and figures cannot be situated in reality. These painterly expressions challenge our emotions and communicate with our sense of mystery. Mystery is a part of life. Not everything is easily... Read full biography
Expect the unexpected and take a journey into the mysterious world of the unknown. Such is the art of Rocky Hawkins. In his own words, Hawkins describes his process as follows: "I paint with passion, risk and abbreviated images instead of capturing realism. Set against transit texture and vivid color, images and figures cannot be situated in reality. These painterly expressions challenge our emotions and communicate with our sense of mystery. Mystery is a part of life. Not everything is easily explainable.". Born in 1950, in Seattle, Washington and growing up in small towns near the Cascade Mountains, Rocky's interest in the mystery and spiritual element of the Indian culture began in his childhood. Traveling with his family to historic... Read full biography
Expect the unexpected and take a journey into the mysterious world of the unknown. Such is the art of Rocky Hawkins. In his own words, Hawkins describes his process as follows: "I paint with passion, risk and abbreviated images instead of capturing realism. Set against transit texture and vivid color, images and figures cannot be situated in reality. These painterly expressions challenge our emotions and communicate with our sense of mystery. Mystery is a part of life. Not everything is easily explainable.". Born in 1950, in Seattle, Washington and growing up in small towns near the Cascade Mountains, Rocky's interest in the mystery and spiritual element of the Indian culture began in his childhood. Traveling with his family to historic locations that conveyed Native American history, he was taken with the beauty and mysticism of the... Read full biography
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About Rocky Hawkins
Biography from Altamira Fine Art
Expect the unexpected and take a journey into the mysterious world of the unknown. Such is the art of Rocky Hawkins. In his own words, Hawkins describes his process as follows: "I paint with passion, risk and abbreviated images instead of capturing realism. Set against transit texture and vivid color, images and figures cannot be situated in reality. These painterly expressions challenge our emotions and communicate with our sense of mystery. Mystery is a part of life. Not everything is easily explainable."
Born in 1950, in Seattle, Washington and growing up in small towns near the Cascade Mountains, Rocky's interest in the mystery and spiritual element of the Indian culture began in his childhood. Traveling with his family to historic locations that conveyed Native American history, he was taken with the beauty and mysticism of the Indian's individual expression. After high school, he enrolled in college art classes and then later attended the Burnley School of Art in Seattle, WA.
While his art career began with illustration and commercial art, this path was unable to satisfy his creative quest for self-expression. As a result, his personal journey led him to New Mexico and ultimately to Montana where he connected more closely with the spirit of the Native American people that dominates his art.
Consequently, many of his paintings seem to hold secret passageways detectable only at specific perspectives or distances. Where you go and what you see depends on who you are but rest assured that you will discover images that will be impossible to forget.
ART EDUCATION
Burnley School of Professional Art, Seattle, 1969-72
William Cumming, Morris Graves, Mark Toby - painters Northwest School of Artists
Joesph Bohler - Watercolorist
Sergei Bongart - Russian painter
David A. Leffel - Painter, Art Student League, NY
SELECT COLLECTIONS
Museum of Native American Art, Spokane, Wa.
David & Connie Clapp, N.Y.
Keilty Collection American Express, CT.
Locati Architects, MT.
Larson Juhl Corporation, GA.
Sam & Sherry Scott, MT.
Meredith Corporation, Iowa, (Better Homes & Gardens ect.)
Vital Ground - Doug & Lynn Seus - Park City, UT
Jack and Beverley Grundhofer, CEO US Bank, Livingston, MT and Palm Desert, CA
Kendrick and Linda Wilson, VP Goldman Sachs Livingston, MT and New York
Fred Rowan, III CEO Carter's Clothing Atlanta, GA