Robert Fleming

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Phone:   (703) 465-0355

Artist Biography:

Robert Fleming (b. 1963), the Doodleman, is a visual poet born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada who emigrated to Lewes, Delaware, United States. Robert follows his mother as a visual artist and his grandfather as a poet. He explores masculinity, sexual orientation, sin, virtue, and dystopia. He is influenced by the writers Robert Frost, Dr. Seuss, and the Beats and his digital graphics by the artists Salvador Dali and Andy Warhol. Since 2017, more than 600 of his works were published internationally in more than 200 print and online publications, art galleries and open mics. His books are White Noir, an Amazon best seller and Con-Way in 4 in 1, #4. Founding and contributing editor of Old Scratch Press. A 2024 curator for the digital magazine Instant Noodles. He is a Member of the Rehoboth Beach Writers Guild. His awards are: wins: 2022 San Gabriel Valley California-broadside, 2021 Best of Mad Swirl poetry; nominations: 2023 Blood Rag Poet of the year, 2022 Delaware Press Association: 2 honorable mentions, and 2 Pushcart and 2 Best of the Net.

Artist Statement:

My digital art (medium) goal is to create series which start with a realistic image that I source from a photograph that I took with my Nikon camera or a free image on the www. My initial image is in color which I edit into black and white. Further edits, convert the realistic image into an impressionistic and surrealistic image. My subjects are the planets, landscapes, animals, and sometimes humans. My key tools are color contrast, choosing objects that have opposite colors on the Color Wheel; and creating art in the style of master artists.

The computer software tools I use:
• getting rid of unwanted image parts (crop with MS Photos, remove backgrounds with Adobe Express)
• change light and color (MS Photos, Canva)
• combine text and images (MS Word, Canva)

Creating digital art is an experiment that can create magical images, but mostly creates deletes. I’ve been lucky, sometimes removing an image background created a new vivid image. Two of Canva’s image editing Apps might change a realistic image into an impressionistic image (Trippy) that reminds me of Claude Monet or into a surrealistic image (Liquify) that is Daliesque.

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