For many, many years Roberta has loved working on silk because of the luxurious quality and the fact that the silk dyes have a vibrancy unobtainable in other artist colors. She taught with the Textile program at the University of Utah. She was well known for the beautiful silk scarfs and silk paintings that she produced at her Textile Arts Studio in Ogden, Utah, a 90 year old home which she converted to an art studio in 1990.

These days - she has walked away from her beloved silk and embraced oil and canvas - and the results have been nothing less than stunning.

These paintings represent recent explorations into the local landscape. "My process is to paint a smaller study outdoors (en plein air) from which I develop a larger piece in my home studio. Going from a 8 x 10" study to a 18 x 24" piece gives me more time to contemplate the design and expand the experience while being careful to convey the excitement of actually being there in the morning or evening light. I work with oil paint on linen or cotton canvas, sometimes on board.The figure studies are often achieved using pastel on paper." She relishes the opportunity to draw from live models.

Roberta will tell you, "I have a college degree from the 60's when they didn't teach the things I needed to know  to produce any sort of realistic painting. Most of my education has been received more recently from local masters such as Doug Braithwaite, Paul Davis, David Dornan, John Hughes, David Koch, Rob Adamson and Julie Rogers. I am continually grateful for their generosity, wisdom, patience and tact."