“Working Worth Over 1,000 Words”
by Susan Still
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| Robert Campbell |
That a picture's worth more than a thousand words was a lesson
Robert Campbell learned at a very early age.
Campbell, a 1969 graduate of Marshall High School, has been
sketching people and places since he was four years old. And according to his
father, Raymond[Randolph] Campbell, it’s all his son has ever wanted to do.
“It’s a natural talent,” Campbell says with obvious pride, “something
he got from his mama and me.
“As a father, there were times when I worried about him. I
didn't like it when he quit Stephen F. Austin University without graduating,
and I was surprised when he called me from his brother’s house in California
and said he was going to stay there and be an artist.
“But I just knew it was something he had to do—something he
knew he had to do, too. So I've never tried to interfere.”
Now living in Hollywood Hills, Calif, the younger Campbell
produces art in all mediums for a Los Angeles gallery.
“When we were living in Michigan and Robert was just a
child, we went to the state fair in Detroit—I believe it was," Campbell
recalled
“While all the rest of the children were riding the rides
and playing games. Robert sat in a tent with some portrait artists and watched
them work. All day long,” he added.
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| Puppy's Reflection |
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| Spectators |
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| Cheetahs by the Lake |
