“Morning Reflections” by Robert Noreika – Image: Addison Art Gallery Facebook

I have to say… I LOVE ROBERT NOREIKA’S STYLE. Very Charles Sovek-like (a man I thought was such a wonderful artist and such a good person, he is definitely missed!). It amazes me how artists develop a style after years of painting, and it’s just so unique and refreshing. A master of looseness, Robert has this scene down pat. You feel like you’re there. Everything is as it should be. The shack isn’t perfect, but I’m sure in real life its a little rough around the edges, which just adds to the feeling of this painting. A beautiful sunny day, gorgeous water, wonderful water… I am impressed!

Here’s a blip about Robert from Addison Art Gallery (one at the top of my list to go visit one day soon!):

Robert Noreika is a graduate of Paier School of Art and has been a professional artist for thirty-five years. 

A prominent national award-winning artist and illustrator, Robert’s paintings hang in corporate and private collections throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. His work is also in the permanent collection of the New Britain Museum of American Art. 

He is an elected member of the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic, the Salmagundi Club, the Lyme Art Association, the Connecticut Watercolor Society, the Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society, the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts and he is a signature member of the New England Watercolor Society.

Robert Noreika is a featured artist in 100 Artists of New England published by Schiffer Publishing. His most recent award is the Gold Medal from the National Society of Painters in Casein and Acrylic.

His passion for art is matched by a natural talent to paint a wide variety of subjects, highlighted by expressive coastal scenes, intimate woodland pictorials and seasonal treks through the countryside. He has been inspired by the many pleasurable memories of his boyhood which he spent joyfully fishing, and catching turtles and frogs. Not surprisingly, he has illustrated several children’s books.

Catch you back here tomorrow!