Robert Bucknell is an award winning artist with a long career in commercial art. Born in Colorado and raised in Sacramento, he began painting signs and murals while studying art in college. Mostly self-taught, he was influenced by the realism of Jan Vermeer, Ralph Goings, Salvador Dali, and Alphonse Mucha.
Robert moved his family to Carson City, Nevada in 1989 and started Bucknell Arts with his wife Diane, later transitioning into full time mural painting. He spent more than 20 years traveling throughout the US and also South Africa painting large scale landscape and wildlife murals for natural history exhibits. His murals have been displayed in public, government, residential, and commercial places, including more than 30 Cabela’s Sporting Goods Stores.
Now retired from mural painting, Robert has turned his attention back to oil painting with a preference for Still LIfe hyper-realism. He is a juried member of the International Guild of Realism.
“Whatever you do, work from the soul, as to the Lord.” Colossians 3:23
Recent Awards
2024: Plein Air Magazine April Salon: 2nd Place Overall (Afternoon Tea)
2024: Plein Air Magazine April Salon: Best Water (Living Water – Lake Tahoe)
2024: Camelback Gallery: Figurative Painting: Silver: (The Immigrant) Bronze (American Royalty)
2023: Plein Air Magazine: April: Best Still Life; (Morning Coffee)
2023: Plein Air Magazine: March: Best Landscape; (Job’s Peak) March: Honorable Mentions (Fire & Ice, Living Water)
2023: NOAPS Spring International Exhibit: Best use of Light and Color (Morning Coffee)
2023: Nevada Artists Assoc. Spirit of America Show: ; Best of Show & People’s Choice (American Beauty)
2023: Winter Show: 1st Place Oil painting. Nevada Day Show: Best of Show (Number Eight)
2023 Art Masters : Top Art Award March – 4th Place (Black Forest Beauty)
2022: Nevada Artists Assoc. Nevada Day Show: Best of Show (Fire & Ice – Sand Harbor)
