Collection: Rob Kaz

Potent colors and engaging light are vessels that artist Rob Kaz hopes will bring you into the atmosphere of his paintings and leave your spirit wanting to stay. "I want you to long to be in the painting," says Kaz, "To take comfort and smile with a sense of whimsy, a sentiment in my paintings that can be contributed to my influential background in professional studio animation and video game art."

He approaches each painting with a conscious sense of balance between earth and water - most paintings have water, even if its existence is only implied. "I find natural beauty and a soothing logic in water that meets land that I hope relates as emotions, even if not parallel to my own," he says.

After graduating from the University of Central Florida, Rob worked for several small animation studios. During this time, Disney had recently relocated its Florida-based animation studios to California, leaving behind many animators in Central Florida who chose not to uproot. As a result, Rob found himself working "alongside quite possibly the most talented artists I've ever known, right there in those small studios. Their influence was invaluable." While working alongside other world-class artists, Rob had the opportunity to work in many areas of film. In particular, the time spent in character creation and environments heavily influenced his painting style.

Rob worked as a character artist for Electronic Arts (EA Tiburon) for some time, creating human likenesses in games such as Madden and NCAA football.

When Rob paints, he imagines "places he'd rather be," and he imagines "friends along the way," which are themes recurring naturally throughout Rob Kaz's work. In most cases, his paintings include one or two. His paintings usually include one or two.