Robert McChesney: Mid-century Modernist

  • Robert McChesney, OK #96, 1945. Watercolor and ink, 23 x 15 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

    For over 50 years, McChesney has lived and worked in a rural studio on Petaluma’s Sonoma Mountain. He has been aptly described as a “painter, cowboy, backwoods boaster, expatriate dreamer, devoted worker.” This exhibition reflected the energy, complexity, and verve that McChesney has culled from a lifetime of travel in Mexico, South America, the South Pacific, and the American West.

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