Robert Nava
Air Sign, Forest Wolf, 2020
Acrylic and grease pencil on canvas
84 x 72 inches (213.4 x 182.9 cm))
© Robert Nava; image provided by the studio
Robert Nava admits he has always struggled with artistic rules. While working towards his bachelor’s degree in fine art at Indiana University Northwest, the East Chicago native said his introductory painting classes were focused on drawing realistically. But copying things and drawing straight lines wasn’t natural for Nava. “Breaking the rules,” on the other hand, felt much better to him, so he eventually went in the opposite direction. He discovered that drawing something completely “wrong” was much more interesting.