About the artist:

Robert Wee was born in 1927 in Estherville, Iowa. After serving in the Navy, he enrolled at the Art Institute of Chicago where he majored in drawing, painting and illustrating, graduating in 1951. He worked for a time as a commercial illustrator but moved to southern California in 1954 to pursue a career as a professional painter. He moved to the Sierras in the late 1980s.

Robert Wee prefers to use masonite panels as the substrate for his stunning landscapes and seascapes. Finding the medium to be a versatile one, he takes advantage of the many textures he can produce, ranging from smooth and sleek to impasto. The masonite panel allows him to begin with a smooth surface and create the texture with paint by using a heavily loaded brush, a palette knife, or a combination of the two.

Through his years of experience, Robert Wee has become more inclined to paint in a bold, loose style, which lends itself well to depicting the constant movement of the ocean. This style can just as readily be applied to landscapes and rivers, foothills and snowcapped peaks. His goal is not to copy nature, but to interpret it. The emotions that move him when he sees a magnificent sky, sun slicing through an ocean wave, a headland emerging through fog, or any number of nature’s scenes, are what he aspires to capture and share with the viewer. "If I can give the viewer the same excitement I felt when I saw the subject, then I have produced a good painting.”

The artist’s works can be found in private and corporate collections all over the world.