Herb Roe

Herb Roe

Nick Clooney and Herb Roe at the dedication of the Rosemary Clooney mural, 2007.
Born 1974
Portsmouth, Ohio, USA
Nationality American
Education Apprenticeship to Robert Dafford[1]
Known for Oil painting, Murals

Herb Roe (born 1974) is a painter of large scale outdoor murals and classical realist oil paintings.[2] After attending the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio for a short time, he apprenticed to mural artist Robert Dafford.[3] After 15 years with Dafford Murals, he left to pursue his own art career.[4] He currently resides in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Biography

Roe was in born 1974 in Portsmouth, Ohio, USA. He spent his childhood across the Ohio River in Greenup County, Kentucky, but moved to Portsmouth while in his teens.[5] In 1992 he received a scholarship to the Columbus College of Art and Design[6] in Columbus, Ohio and attended his freshman year there in 1992 to 1993.[7] In the summer of 1993 he met the Louisiana mural artist Robert Dafford when he started a mural project in Portsmouth. He subsequently apprenticed to and worked for Dafford for 15 years.[8] During that time Roe worked on Dafford mural projects in Portsmouth, Ohio,[9] Paducah,[10][11] Maysville,[12] and Covington, Kentucky,[13] New Orleans, Louisiana,[5] Vicksburg, Mississippi[14] and Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

A number of subjects painted by Roe as a Dafford muralist include Native American history,[15] early settlers such as Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton,[10] Carnegie Libraries,[16] industries such as river barges[15] and hospitals,[17] labor unions,[18] African-American heritage,[14] and local notables such as Rosemary Clooney.[12] In May 2003 he was photographed painting the Lewis and Clark Expedition mural in Paducah by photographer Jim Roshan as part of the America 24/7 project. The image was used in Roshan's book Kentucky24/7 published in 2004.[19] He was the only Dafford muralist to work on all of the Paducah murals, completing several of them entirely by himself.[10]

In 2007 he left Dafford Murals to pursue his own commissions and devote more time to his own artwork under the name ChromeSun Productions.[20] In 2009 he collaborated with Dafford on a poster project for the Zydeco Cajun Prairie Scenic Byway, in which he did the preliminary digital painting for the design. The year-long project highlights many local spots of interest.[21] In 2010, Roe painted two new murals in Paducah and Vicksburg. In July, he painted Evening Roll Call in Paducah, a mural depicting the 100-year history of local Boy Scouts of America Troop 1. The mural was dedicated on National Scouting Sunday February 6, 2011 with a parade and other festivities.[22] In the fall of 2010, Roe teamed up with another former Dafford muralist, Benny Graeff, to paint the 55-foot "Run Thru History" mural in Vicksburg, Mississippi.[23][24] Roe's current artwork focuses on the traditional southwestern Louisiana Cajun celebration of the Courir de Mardi Gras. It is a series of hyperrealistic, documentary-style depictions of costumed celebrants playing music, dancing on the backs of horses, and chasing after chickens.[2][25]

Work

Techniques and style

Mural detail on Clark Athletic Complex

Roe's pieces begin with extensive research and attention to detail.[26] They are typically started as Adobe Photoshop sketches,[3] often based on models and surroundings he has lighted and digitally photographed.[2] His compositions are often influenced by classical art and he cites European artists of the sixteenth and seventeenth century Michelangelo, Peter Paul Rubens,[3] and Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio as major influences.[5] For his historical murals he will often pick a particular artist or illustrator from the time period he is depicting to emulate and thereby stylistically invoking the era.[11] After the composition is decided upon, he transfers it to the painting surface either by scaling the design and doing a grid transfer or with an overhead projector.[3] Murals are then painted either with industrial acrylic enamels or the longer lasting silicate mineral paints.[3] His oil paintings are done in a classical realist style, and subjects include portraiture, photorealist abstract compositions, and historical illustration.[4] These oil paintings may contain from three to 20 layers from underpainting to the final colored glazes.[2]

Roe also does conservation work on murals.[1]

Exhibits

Murals

Mural in entry way at Portsmouth High School

References

  1. 1 2 Fields, Elizabeth. "Commission begins debate over flood wall mural maintenance." WPSD Local 6. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Anna Purdy (2011-12-28). "Brush Strokes : Herb Roe painted himself from Appalachia to the Gulf". The Independent Weekly.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ryan Scott Ottney. "A Pictures Worth". Portsmouth Daily Times. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
  4. 1 2 Dege Legg (2010-02-26). "Top 5 with Lafayette artist Herb Roe". The Independent Weekly. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
  5. 1 2 3 Rick Cundiff (1994-06-26). "Roe Jumps right into Floodwall Mural Project". Portsmouth Daily Times.
  6. ↑ "Herb Roe awarded Art Scholarship". The Community Common. The Community Common(communitycommon.com). 1992-04-29. p. 28.
  7. ↑ "Alumni Re-Engaged" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
  8. ↑ Phyllis Noah (2006-08-27). "Diverse Display". Portsmouth Daily Times.
  9. ↑ "Welcome to robertdaffordmurals.com Works in Progress". Retrieved 2010-03-23.
  10. 1 2 3 Kathy Witt. "KentuckyLiving.com Archives-Floodwall Murals Color Our Cities". Retrieved 2010-03-24.
  11. 1 2 "Small Town's Story Transforms Drab Walls Into Art". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
  12. 1 2 "Rosemary Clooney Mural – Maysville, KY". Retrieved 2010-03-23.
  13. ↑ Mike Rutledge. "Murals making the past present". Retrieved 2010-03-22.
  14. 1 2 Jon Giffin (2004-04-18). "Three more murals on the way". The Vicksburg Post.
  15. 1 2 Molly Harper (2005-01-22). "Six panels to conclude 10-year painting project". The Paducah Sun.
  16. ↑ Jimmy Nesbitt (2004-10-31). "Snow-covered library mural a warm memory for backers". The Paducah Sun.
  17. ↑ Andrew Parker (2004-06-13). "Wind unveils Western Baptist's floodwall mural half-hour early". The Paducah Sun.
  18. ↑ "The Western Kentucky Worker-Labor floodwall mural dedicated in ceremony". Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
  19. ↑ Rick Smolan and David Elliot Cohen (2004-09-27). Kentucky 24/7. Dorling Kindersley. p. 71. ISBN 0-7566-0057-X.
  20. ↑ Paducah Wall to Wall-Paintings of Paducahs Past. Image Graphics Inc. 2008. p. 5. ISBN 0-9644699-9-5.
  21. ↑ Bastien, Judy (2009-06-02). "Scenic byways map was unveiled-Dailyworld.com". The Daily World. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
  22. ↑ Rebecca Feldhaus (2011-02-07). "Troop 1 marks centennial". The Paducah Sun.
  23. 1 2 Sanoski, Steve (2010-08-11). "Mural on Grove hill to highlight Run Thru History". The Vicksburg Post.
  24. 1 2 Carter, Katie (2010-10-13). "Ready to Roll". The Vicksburg Post.
  25. ↑ Reggie Michael Rodrigue (2011-11-28). "Off the beaten path at the Warehouse on Garfield". Archived from the original on 2012-03-31.
  26. ↑ Paducah Wall to Wall-Paintings of Paducahs Past. Image Graphics Inc. 2008. p. 6. ISBN 0-9644699-9-5.
  27. ↑ Susan Hines (2002-04-24). "Festival Dance". The Times of Acadiana.
  28. ↑ "2theadvocate.com Entertainment Mayo wins Guild Show". Retrieved 2010-03-23.
  29. ↑ "Paducah Arts-September 2009". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
  30. ↑ "Courir de Mardi Gras art exhibit on display". KATC. 2012-02-07. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19.
  31. ↑ "Tourist bureau wins top award". Daily World. 2012-01-28.
  32. ↑ "First Fridays arts series features wood artist Lee Tedrow". St. Landry Parish - It's Gumbo for Your Soul. 2012-02-01.
  33. ↑ Frank Lewis (2006-08-21). "Many begin school this week". Portsmouth Daily Times.
  34. ↑ Ryan Scott Ottney (2009-06-25). "A Pictures Worth". Portsmouth Daily Times.
  35. ↑ Byrne, Shelley (2010-07-03). "Muralist to paint 100 years of Paducah Scouts". The Paducah Sun. Archived from the original on 2013-10-22.
  36. ↑ Vick, Michael (2010-07-12). "Painting begins for mural honoring local boy scouts". WPSD-TV. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
  37. ↑ "Troop 1 Celebrates 100 Years Today". West Kentucky Star. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
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