Artist Statement

“Reflecting upon over five decades of work, today I call myself a ‘landscape painter’. Yet this label affords more questions than answers. Twenty years ago I was moving from pure abstraction to memory landscapes. Today these landscapes have specificity on location in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. For the most part, the landscape omits man-made elements, such as roads and farmhouses, but I consider each of the paintings as places to enter and experience through spaces as well as nature studies. Specificity has replaced generalities; light, color, and time of day each play their role. Over 40 years of abstraction plays against the realism of place and the long shadows of time passing.”
-Robert Steven Koffler, 2009

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