Robert Hartshorn Portraits & Fine Art

06/19/2026

78th Street Studios tonight! With Bill Forester. See you there!. And we're celebrating my niece Cameron...who just got a great job in the NYC area with a top stained glass studio.

05/29/2026

Unveiling Tonight! Visit me at Stone Mad Pub at 7 pm (and into the night) to see a 7 x 4 mural of local Irish lore! A band on the patio, great people, great food, great drink

03/04/2026

Step 2 of 4. Portrait of Fred using a Raeburn palette and impasto gel medium for texture. Next: glazing, softening and scraping

02/26/2026

So far...portrait of sculptor Fred Gearhart. Sketched in pastel during 78th Street Studios at Facing Forward Gallery. Oil sketch at Hartshorn Studios using sight size (big fan) and a hand mirror. 12x16 canvas panel. I'll let it dry, make some corrections and work toward a finish using a Raeburn palette.

02/23/2026

Self portrait, live in the mirror 3 hours. oil on 12x16 canvas board. Experimenting with other artists pallets and techniques as I force myself to loosen up without sacrificing accuracy. Painful! Exhilarating! So I know it's working!

02/13/2026

Inspired by this portrait by my ancestor Eastman Johnson who painted Grover Cleveland, now in the National Portrait Gallery.....a loose and living study that comes alive with structural brush strokes. Look closely....It's a step by step tutorial, and I'll put it to good use tonight with the PCPA live model session

02/10/2026

I'm an artist ...not a joiner. But one of my favorite landscapes is about to be bulldozed, The Shaker Lakes Park System. Only an informed and active public can save it. Please sign the attached petition! Thank you!
https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-destruction-save-the-lakes?recruiter=1402464537&recruited_by_id=b624b060-0689-11f1-8a12-8709662f3dcf&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=psf&utm_medium=facebook&utm_content=fht-490815868-en-us%3A8&fbclid=IwVERDUAP4HVtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAwzNTA2ODU1MzE3MjgAAR5pY9FtmnvwCzhWM1nWBniF-e1ridTJ0wr8Quok8ia_F275W7OaRkzG4WpyYA_aem_iVAA8B6ma-BnYdXN1yvbTw

STOP THE DESTRUCTION. SAVE THE LAKES.