Artflit: Jeff Roberts Art & Poetry

Artflit: Jeff Roberts Art & Poetry Original Art and Poetry by Jeff Roberts I am, first, a poet. I am self-taught and self-represented. If it helps us connect, I’m fine using them. We explore.

I write, and I create visual “poem objects” that, I hope, convey messages or feelings with visual poetics: analogy, metaphor, rhyme and alliteration of color and shape, juxtaposition, and things left unsaid. I am happy to be considered an “outsider artist” or part of the “art brut” genre. These are terms used to label artists to help with marketing or to aid in Internet search results. In the end

connecting with art and artists is a personal journey immune to and from labels. I believe that art either affects us or it doesn’t. Our reaction to art needs no defense or explanation. Not liking a work of art is perfectly acceptable. We discover. We winnow. A poem or a piece of art needs to hit us somehow. To make us windmill an arm like Pete Townshend. It's what drives us to create and to collect. I believe that any form of art is only successful if the work turns a common item or idea into an uncommon one—creating not only the poem or poem-object, but some form of emotional power chord. Or sometimes just the sense—or possibility—of that kind of alchemy. Affiliations:
The International Society of Assemblage and Collage Artists
The Andovers Artists Guild (MA)
East Mill Art Space (North Andover, MA)
Arts Institute Group of the Merrimack Valley (MA)

Exhibitions
Judge: Mount Washington Valley Arts Association. Art in the Park. Aug. 10, 2013

REM: Uforge Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA. Aug. 1-31, 2013

Jeff Roberts: Surfaces 2012-2013. UForge Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA. July 18-Aug. 18, 2013

North Conway Public Library Annual Book and Art Sale. July 13 & 14, 2013

Art in the Orchard. Arts Institure Group of the Merrimack Valley. Jun 8-9, 2013. (Honorable Mention)

Contemporary: UForge Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA. June 1-30, 2013

Textures: UForge Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA. January 3-27, 2013

To the power of n: When n Equals 12. International Collage Project. http://tothepowerofn.joellambeth.com

Blue on Black, 2022, spray paint on paper towel. 8" x 10"
03/06/2022

Blue on Black, 2022, spray paint on paper towel. 8" x 10"

Curacao Doorway 2014
01/18/2021

Curacao Doorway 2014

07/13/2019
Various small mixed media objects from 2012 made primarily with felt furniture foot pads.
07/13/2019

Various small mixed media objects from 2012 made primarily with felt furniture foot pads.

Divide by Fire, 2012, mixed media, 8" x 8". Digital images, paint, wood, glass beads, matte board.
07/12/2019

Divide by Fire, 2012, mixed media, 8" x 8". Digital images, paint, wood, glass beads, matte board.

Spellbound. Interactive mixed media assemblage. Wooden box, digital images, spools, wooden discs, paint, empty .22 calib...
05/29/2019

Spellbound. Interactive mixed media assemblage. Wooden box, digital images, spools, wooden discs, paint, empty .22 calibre shell casings. 2014. Approx. 5" x 6" x 1 1/2"

One of my favorites: Lucy Stone, 2013, mixed media, approx. 6" x 6"Lucy Stone (August 13, 1818 – October 18, 1893) was a...
02/23/2019

One of my favorites: Lucy Stone, 2013, mixed media, approx. 6" x 6"

Lucy Stone (August 13, 1818 – October 18, 1893) was a prominent U.S. orator, abolitionist, and suffragist, and a vocal advocate and organizer promoting rights for women.[1] In 1847, Stone became the first woman from Massachusetts to earn a college degree. She spoke out for women's rights and against slavery at a time when women were discouraged and prevented from public speaking. Stone was known for using her birth name after marriage, the custom being for women to take their husband's surname. -Wikipedia

Creating in real time.
02/09/2019

Creating in real time.

Artist Jeff Roberts discusses his art with Gayle Heney in December 2014. Recorded at Haverhill Community Media. Produced and hosted by Gayle Heney. www.artfl...

From 2011: Cube Farm, mixed media assemblage, wood, paint, beads, pins on matte board. Approx. 5" x 7".
01/06/2019

From 2011: Cube Farm, mixed media assemblage, wood, paint, beads, pins on matte board. Approx. 5" x 7".

Cosmic Windmills (Zappa Homage): 2014, mixed media, paint on glass (rear), hand-made, glass beads, painted wood, pins, d...
09/30/2018

Cosmic Windmills (Zappa Homage): 2014, mixed media, paint on glass (rear), hand-made, glass beads, painted wood, pins, digital image. Approx. 10' x 12". Private Collection.

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