Robert Ruello Art

Robert Ruello Switch-It #9, 2016 graphite, watercolor, and colored pencil on paper 20 x 15 inches Energetic and charged with visual power, the Switch-It series is movement and transition visualized. Ruello’s formal investigation of how we move through and disrupt various environments (digital, analog, and in-between) is rendered through these graphic elements. As he notes, “As a result of this disruption, the array is no longer stable or predictable — visual illusions and shifting figure/ground relationships begin to emerge.” Ruello’s work stems from an enjoyment in the tension between the stable and the unpredictable. Though not figural, his work presents elements that are recognizable from our visual vernacular. Digital screens, popular science...

Robert Ruello Switch-It #7, 2016 graphite, watercolor, and colored pencil on paper 20 x 15 inches Energetic and charged with visual power, the Switch-It series is movement and transition visualized. Ruello’s formal investigation of how we move through and disrupt various environments (digital, analog, and in-between) is rendered through these graphic elements. As he notes, “As a result of this disruption, the array is no longer stable or predictable — visual illusions and shifting figure/ground relationships begin to emerge.” Ruello’s work stems from an enjoyment in the tension between the stable and the unpredictable. Though not figural, his work presents elements that are recognizable from our visual vernacular. Digital screens, popular science...

Robert Ruello Switch-It #19, 2016 graphite, watercolor, and colored pencil on paper 20 x 15 inches Energetic and charged with visual power, the Switch-It series is movement and tran...

Unknown Adventures In Unknown Spaces #14, 2013 acrylic and flashe on canvas, 24 x 30 inches This canvas is part of a recent series of works entitled “Unknown Adventures in Unknown Spaces” by Houston-based painter Robert Ruello. Robert Ruello (b. 1958, New Orleans, LA) lives and works in Houston TX. He received an MFA from Columbia University (1997), a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1987), and a BA in Psychology from Loyola University, New Orleans, LA (1982). From 1987-89 he was an artist-in-residence at the Core Program, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX. His recent exhibitions include solo shows at Lone Star College, Woodlands, TX; Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX; and the group exhibitions Mapping Galveston, Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, TX, and In Plain Sight, McClain Gallery...

Unknown Adventures In Unknown Spaces #12, 2013 acrylic and flashe on canvas, 30 x 24 inches This canvas is part of a recent series of works entitled “Unknown Adventures in Unknown Spaces” by Houston-based painter Robert Ruello. Robert Ruello (b. 1958, New Orleans, LA) lives and works in Houston TX. He received an MFA from Columbia University (1997), a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1987), and a BA in Psychology from Loyola University, New Orleans, LA (1982). From 1987-89 he was an artist-in-residence at the Core Program, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX. His recent exhibitions include solo shows at Lone Star College, Woodlands, TX; Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX; and the group exhibitions Mapping Galveston, Galveston Artist Residency, Galveston, TX, and In Plain Sight, McClain Gallery...