Robert "Rob" Schamberger is an American painter known for his

portrait A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expressions are predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person. For this r ...

ure of

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. He is currently the host of Canvas 2 Canvas on the

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Personal life and education

Schamberger currently resides in Kansas City.

Technique

Rob's technique involves the tracing and copying of promotional images or video stills to paper or canvas after which he uses various materials such as

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watercolour Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to t ...

ink Ink is a gel, sol, or solution that contains at least one colorant, such as a dye or pigment, and is used to color a surface to produce an image, text, or design. Ink is used for drawing or writing with a pen, brush, reed pen, or quill. Thicker ...

, and

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s, to create his work. Often many materials are used in the same painting in a

mixed media In visual art, mixed media describes artwork in which more than one medium or material has been employed. Assemblages, collages, and sculpture are three common examples of art using different media. Materials used to create mixed media art incl ...

fashion. Schamberger uses synthetic round brushes in a variety of sizes as well as a painting knife to create his works. Regarding tracing, Schamberger himself has stated - "Man, I could give a damn." Meet Me There theaterical poster

Schamberger utilizes unusual colour combinations and uses a technique not unlike the posturization tool in

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to break down the original reference photos to create something unique when compared to the source material.

Career

Schamberger hosts the Canvas 2 Canvas YouTube show with the WWE Network. On the show Schamberger unveils new portraits of past and current wrestlers. Schamberger is the official WWE Artist in Residence.[7
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References

American painters Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American painters 21st-century American painters {{US-artist-stub