News — Robert Hurst

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...

  Robert Hurst was the official artist of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame for 25 years from 1997 until his death in 2021. To honor Robert's contribution to the Texas Sports Hall of Fame over the years a permanent display was created in his memory. The Texas Sports Hall of Fame is located at 1108 S. University Parks Dr. Waco, Texas 76706    

Robert Hurst was included in a select group of artist asked to create a one-of-a-kind Artist-Painted Louisville Slugger Bat and Fender Guitar for Major League Baseball. The guitar and bat combos are being auctioned off on the MLB Auction website (MLB.com/auction) the month of July 2019. Specifically, the bat/guitar combos can be found  here: https://auctions.mlb.com/iSynApp/allAuction.action?sid=1101001&noSiteFilter=Y&selectedCatId=13000&rc=10&sort=timeleft_asc&queryfield=title&pgmode2=search&query=fender Robert was asked to represent the Arizona Diamondbacks. His creation is picture below A brief video of Robert painting the Fender Guitar can be found on his Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/81494513005/videos/456838338450473/Stratocaster Guitar For more information about the project go the the MLB.com/auction website or to social media #PlayLoud @sluggernation @fender More...

Robert has resurrected his long neglected Instagram account, so please follow him on Instagram at adamnfineartist