Rob O’Dell’s art – Rob O'Dell

Rob O’Dell was one of the fortunate ones. He loved what he did.

Looking at Rob O’Dell’s watercolors, you will feel as though you have entered a peaceful, timeless world. There is nothing contrived or artificial about his art. The past is celebrated. Time is preserved, and simplicity is found. Rob knew how to find beauty in the seemingly quiet rural life, in the slight rises and dips of the Midwestern landscape, in the nuances of color in an evening sky or in the patterns of light and shadow in a garden. His work reflects the way he lived his life—honestly, quietly, and joyfully.

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Artists like O’Dell are to be treasured in today’s changing world. He does in paintings what a poet like Robert Frost did in words. He preserves not just the images but the spirit of the land that makes Americans unique and strong. There is peace and beauty in all he paints.

Rob O’Dell, who is very sensitive to the moods of nature, sees the whole truth of nature in the subtle monotones of Winter, the gold of Autumn, in the quiet of Spring and the rich warmth of Summer. The mood always quiet and peaceful portraying the tenderness and affection revealed in even the most somber of nature’s moods.