My name is Robert Green. I am a professional artist and educator teaching at Abilene Christian University. I create colorful, complex, and multi-layered abstract paintings.

All of the works featured on this site began with the language of maps as a starting point. In every instance, the purpose of that language has been subverted.

Trajectories

I create art using the language of maps. Initially, I used map markings to create abstract landscapes modeled after Chinese landscape drawings. On other occasions, I’ve used it to weave narrative and episodic visualizations of historic journeys. Additionally, I have used it to craft a visual analog for various compositional forms of music and to launch poetic expeditions into space-time.

My approach had been purposeful and exploratory. It results in nuanced works that reward viewers by unfolding perceptually and conceptually over time. Enjoy them on this website, but they really ought to be experienced in person.

Career Highlights

I earned a BFA in art from Abilene Christian University and an MFA in painting from the University of Nebraska.

My work has been included in over 150 exhibitions across the US. Plus, I have been awarded 16 grants in support of my artistic investigations.

Some career highlights include appearing in New American Painting (Vol. 14, 2009), Mapping: Motion and Memory in Contemporary Art, a 2010 exhibition curated by Sarah Tanguy, and Out of the Floodwaters, a 2018 retrospective exhibition of my ceramic art. Recent exhibitions of my work highlighted on this site include Coincidence of Opposites and Flux.

I serve as the Director of the Fine Art Program and Professor of Art at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, TX.

Over my academic career with ACU, I have taught 35 different art courses. I helped launch the university’s international program, introducing over 1100 students to international education on 19 study abroad trips to England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic.