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Robin Stark (born in Southern Rhodesia (present-day Zimbabwe) in 1938) is a Scottish artist. He is the son of Sidney Oswald Spark and writer Muriel Spark.〔Lodge, David (19 August 2010). "The Prime of Muriel Spark". (of the book ''Muriel Spark: The Biography'', by Martin Stannard ). ''New York Review of Books 57''(13), 60.〕 He was raised in Edinburgh (Scotland) by his Jewish maternal Grandparents and supported through his formative years by his father. He worked first in the jewelry trade, and then in the Civil Service and did not study art until 1983, when he received a BA (Hons) degree from Edinburgh College of Art. Upon completion of his studies he was awarded an Andrew Grant Scholarship. He had always been interested in art and although he had not taken any exams in the subject while at school he was convinced this was something he had to do. Udi Merioz z, international artist and friend encouraged him to try and get into college, so he started to attend evening classes at the art college and prepare a portfolio for entrance as a full-time student. He got a place at the Edinburgh College and started his four-year course in 1983. Beginning a career as an artist in midway through his life took courage, determination and a real sense of vocation. He reckoned once to be glad that he did do it, as it is brought him a great deal of satisfaction and he would have always wondered if he could have been an artist. He become art tutor after his Art studies doing both, teaching and painting, at the same time. Prolific in his work,has more than 1.000 paintings, pictures as a photographer and also short texts and articles about art, Jewish culture and his own family. ==Abstract and figurative work== Samuel Robin Spark expresses emotion through his predominantly figurative work. He intuitively takes liberties with perspective and proportions where it helps the composition. There is a strong Jewish feeling in some of the pictures due to his education and family background and he always signed his name in Hebrew. In his work is evident the tradition of the Scottish colorists working in some of his pictures and also an interest in the underlying bone and muscle structure of the human body. Lately his work goes into pure abstract symbolization, more than his previous figurative work. In his work he uses pastels on paper that gives a quick finished work, and 'impasto' where paint is laid on the surface so thickly that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible. Paint is mixed straight onto the canvas providing texture where the paint appears to emerge from the canvas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel Robin Spark」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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