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What an honor 🏆 Concordia University Texas Department of Art asked to display some of Robert's sports paintings for a semester long installation. The exhibit not only honors Robert, but IMPORTANTLY diverse athletes in a variety of sports with an emphasis on baseball. The initial run of the exhibit is in conjunction with black history month whereby Concordia is conducting a program on the "topic/theme of the MLB absorbing the Negro Baseball League statistics" and will have "artifacts/archival info" on display. Robert's exhibit will extend beyond this program into mid April. You can visit the exhibit on the Concordia University...

A note from the artist about the Houston Astros 2017 Championship Team artwork How can this artwork be near completion so quickly after the Astro’s amazing 2017 season? Consider this: I'm a native Houstonian, my painting signature color is Colombia Blue, I'm the artist to the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, and I was excited about the Astros' World Series chances pre-season. Subsequently, I started this piece back in July. My goal was to depict players who made the season fun and exciting. "The difference makers”, if you will. I was just waiting until after the season to finalize the painting. That...

Read Robert's interview with Renée Rice posted on the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar website at www.armadillobazaar.com/armadillo-artists/2017-featured-art-artist-robert-hurst/ Here's also a copy of it Meet the 2017 Featured Art Artist by Renée Rice August 29, 2017 This year’s featured art is by Robert Hurst. Read our interview below with Hurst to learn more about the work behind the featured art piece and his art career. Tell us about yourself, your artistic background/career, where you are from and where you live now. I’ve always been drawn to creating art and drew pictures constantly in my childhood. I would look at small photos of my...

Celebrate Austin – the Visitor’s Guide featured Robert Hurst’s Longhorns Gone Wild on the front page of its 2014 visitor's guide