Turning Images into Art
Robert Dicke
About The Artist
Robert Dicke is a published professional artist who has exhibited in galleries and art shows in the Chicagoland area for the past decade. His extensive portfolio includes photographs that have appeared in national magazines. Robert has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Concordia University.
Robert’s technique is to use the camera, as would an artist would uses a pen or pencil. He achieves this effect by altering his images through the lens of the camera and the use of darkroom techniques. Robert has trained himself to be able to take photographs with limited light source. He also employs the use of computer software that can deliver similar effects without the use of harmful chemicals in darkroom.
In 2007, Robert produced a series of picture that he called “Painting with Light”. Painting with Light was a project involving of the uses of light and shadow. By 2008, “Painting with Light” was at nine different galleries locations. The Second Series of Photographic prints is called “Modern American Past.” “Modern American Past” is an outlook of how Modern Day American honors their past by recreating an historian figure or event from the past. And from this set of images his photograph “Ghosts of War” was feature on the art channel Ovation TV website. By the fall of 2009, Ghosts of war was honor with an award.
The Current Photographic Prints series “Portraits, Still life & 3D” is Robert Dicke Third Series of photographic prints.
Robert is known for running many different shows at the same time. “I’m a person who likes to see his photography be many places at once.”
Robert’s technique is to use the camera, as would an artist would uses a pen or pencil. He achieves this effect by altering his images through the lens of the camera and the use of darkroom techniques. Robert has trained himself to be able to take photographs with limited light source. He also employs the use of computer software that can deliver similar effects without the use of harmful chemicals in darkroom.
In 2007, Robert produced a series of picture that he called “Painting with Light”. Painting with Light was a project involving of the uses of light and shadow. By 2008, “Painting with Light” was at nine different galleries locations. The Second Series of Photographic prints is called “Modern American Past.” “Modern American Past” is an outlook of how Modern Day American honors their past by recreating an historian figure or event from the past. And from this set of images his photograph “Ghosts of War” was feature on the art channel Ovation TV website. By the fall of 2009, Ghosts of war was honor with an award.
The Current Photographic Prints series “Portraits, Still life & 3D” is Robert Dicke Third Series of photographic prints.
Robert is known for running many different shows at the same time. “I’m a person who likes to see his photography be many places at once.”
