About the Artist
Robert Eoff is a watercolor and oil painter whose subjects are the people, places and memories of his life. Like "Appalachian Angler" above, Bob's representational paintings range from rural, little white churches to the natural beauty of the North Carolina mountains to sunny Southwest Florida.
Born and raised in Memphis, Bob spent most of his professional life in broadcast television and retired after 40 years with the New York Times Company in 2007. After four years at his alma mater, the University of Memphis, he has begun a second "retirement" and paints and teaches watercolor workshops. He is a Signature Artist with the Tennessee Watercolor Society and an associate member of the Florida Watercolor Society. North Carolina Watercolor Society, American Watercolor Society and the National Watercolor Society. He was first inspired to paint by a colony of watercolor artists in Memphis during the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 2001, he began painting with one of those artists, Fred Rawlinson, who helped transform his "colored water" into watercolors. Other painters such as Andrew Wyeth, Winslow Homer and John Singer Sargent are among his favorite master artists.
Bob's paintings come from his experiences as a fly fisher from Alaska to North Carolina. River landscapes and fishing guides have always been favorite subjects. But he is also fascinated by the rural scenes and people of western North Carolina. From kilted Scots to the rich forests and bouldered rivers of the mountains, his travels have always been full of inspiration. His "little white churches" and rural barns are a favorite subject as well. Splitting time between Southwest Florida and the mountains of Western North Carolina presents a whole new landscape and characters to his portfolio.
He is currently a gallery artist at The Art Cellar in Banner Elk, NC.
Born and raised in Memphis, Bob spent most of his professional life in broadcast television and retired after 40 years with the New York Times Company in 2007. After four years at his alma mater, the University of Memphis, he has begun a second "retirement" and paints and teaches watercolor workshops. He is a Signature Artist with the Tennessee Watercolor Society and an associate member of the Florida Watercolor Society. North Carolina Watercolor Society, American Watercolor Society and the National Watercolor Society. He was first inspired to paint by a colony of watercolor artists in Memphis during the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 2001, he began painting with one of those artists, Fred Rawlinson, who helped transform his "colored water" into watercolors. Other painters such as Andrew Wyeth, Winslow Homer and John Singer Sargent are among his favorite master artists.
Bob's paintings come from his experiences as a fly fisher from Alaska to North Carolina. River landscapes and fishing guides have always been favorite subjects. But he is also fascinated by the rural scenes and people of western North Carolina. From kilted Scots to the rich forests and bouldered rivers of the mountains, his travels have always been full of inspiration. His "little white churches" and rural barns are a favorite subject as well. Splitting time between Southwest Florida and the mountains of Western North Carolina presents a whole new landscape and characters to his portfolio.
He is currently a gallery artist at The Art Cellar in Banner Elk, NC.