Robert Masla

Robert Masla is an internationally exhibited artist whose work is in many discerning private and corporate collections. With over a 30 year professional exhibition history, Masla brings immense talent, technical expertise, imagination and masterful craftsmanship in whatever he puts his hand to.

Masla began his studies at age 11 in the studio of 20th century realist master and long time president of the National Society of Mural Painters, Alton S. Tobey. Now, more than 40 years later, Masla continues his mentors commitment to excellence in art with a mastery of both traditional and contemporary technique along with expression through a versatility of style.

The past 8+ years Masla has worked to develop a technique and new body of work comprised of unique mixed media digital collage paintings, (see: www.DigitalCollagePaintings.com ) . These works combine Masla's life long passion for both traditional and contemporary painting techniques along with his longtime involvement with photography, creating what is distinctly an original and inovative expression.

Masla Fine Art Studios is a fully equipped digital print shop, capable of customizing commissions for color, texture, size and image personalization. The artist also creates hand painted wall or canvas murals or mixed media custom made digital collage paintings and prints.

For over 30 years Robert Masla’s painting has focused primarily on the landscape. A passion that still occupies the artist to this day. Working to uncover the universal language contained within the natural world, Masla fills the common daily setting with an aura of mystical divinity and the suggestion of other worldly experiences. In the 1970’s Masla coined the term Spiritrealism to describe how the spiritual can manifest in the so-called mundane realities of every day life. "We’re given the opportunity to participate in creation every day of our lives. Creating art is a form of worship, a form of spirituality born through creative living that connects us to the cultivation of humanity. A process that has been going on since the dawn of civilization", says the artist.

Masla has lectured and taught painting, drawing and art history at several colleges and institutions. He also conducts workshops from his home in rural Ashfield, Massachusetts, where he lives with his wife and three children and also offers workshops from their home/studio South - Casa de los Artistas, in Boca de Tomatlan, Mexico. The artist’s canvases, murals and portraits can be found in private residencies, corporations, the hospitality and health care industries, public institutions, restaurants and on film. Collections such as Mass Mutual, Baystate Medical, and The Openheimer Fund to name a few. His teaching experience is extensive, from pre -k through college, as well as private workshops. He has been a products demonstrator and tester for various artists materials manufacturers. He was the Artist in Residence for the city of Springfield, MA, where, for 4 years, he was the creator and artistic director of the A4E program (art for everyone) which had received 3 consecutive grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council for bringing art into the inner city schools.

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