What people are saying.

  • We have long been admirers of Bob’s work. We enjoy art that is beautiful, but also stimulates conversation. Two of the most commented upon works in our collection are Bob’s ‘Amitsei 2’ from his Native American portrait series and ‘Bruce Lee’ (a collaboration with John Kirkpatrick). These works show the range of Bob’s creativity, and we are honored to have them in our collection.

    — Collector, Albuquerque NM

  • I love that each of his works feels like a conviction, a commitment to its integrity. But what really hooked me on Bob’s work was his ability to capture essence -- that dimension, that quality keeps me coming back to his pieces over and over again to receive what they have to offer.

    — Collector, Minneapolis MN

  • Bob's work exploring the beauty of geometry -- through lines, shapes, colors and varying painting techniques -- is unique and fresh. His palette sizzles with eye-popping colors which complement one another effortlessly across his canvases. His approach to paint is fascinating -- working with both wet and dry applications on alternate sides of the same canvas. No one else is doing what he does to create such stunning visual expression.

    — Kendra Kett, Blue Moon Gallery, Grayslake IL

  • Bob is a very creative artist who skillfully utilizes colors on a wide variety of subjects. His “Free to Fly” painting, which is prominently displayed in my office, is a case in point. A beautiful, life-like bald eagle glides over mountains, lakes and low-hanging clouds all cleverly crafted into an image of the United States flag. I love the use of red, white and blue and the symbolic patriotism displayed through the combination of the bald eagle (America’s national bird) and the US flag.

    — Collector, Houston TX

  • Bob is a contemplative artist, sketching out his compositions and carefully constructing his complex patterns which, after painting them onto canvas, require cutting and reassembling them into dynamic new visual expressions. The result is exciting and immensely curious inviting the viewer to examine the geometry inch by inch and see its beauty with new eyes.

    Collector, Gurnee IL

  • We have several pieces by Bob proudly displayed in our home including one of his early “both sides” works “#17.” His varied mediums and styles always draw comments and start discussions about art and how it inspires the individual looking at it.

    — Collector, Ft Worth TX

  • I’ve purchased multiple pieces of Bob’s art. The techniques he uses to configure shape, color, and space is amazing and riveting. He also has an intriguing scope of paint styles and subject matter.

    —- Collector, Gurnee IL

  • Bob's works of art have graced our homes over many years. There are precious reminders of his art all around our house. We love them all.

    — Collector, New Ulm MN

About Bob Nonnemacher’s Art

by Mimi Peterson, Co-Founder, Vital Art Project

The true power of Bob Nonnemacher’s constructions lies in process, historic connotation, and color theory. They communicate the primitive idea that a point defines an exact location in space and time. A dot represents a color. A pixel is a basic picture element on an electronic screen, visible as color and/or light. Nonnemacher references these technological matrixes in his innovative work. He connects the variables in his methodological process. After painting both sides of one canvas, Bob cuts it into a myriad of small pieces. The integral parts are graphically organized and inlaid onto a second canvas surface to become one physical piece. The work invites viewer participation and stimulates the perception that his lively marks and gestures evolve into a web of topographies.

Rejecting chaos-based aesthetic notions, Nonnemacher delineates taut patterns whose lines and points conflate into complex, well-calculated geometric compositions. Vivid points of color commingle creating optics associated with 19th Century France - Pointillism (George Saurât, painter), textile ombré design and printing (blending and shading of one color hue with another), and the Jacquard textile loom, an Industrial Revolution computer program (punch cards). Today’s Information Age is characterized by digital imagery (pixels or color dots). Nonnemacher’s painterly investigations have commonalities with each of these seemingly obscure influences, such as, saturated colors, morphing of painted dots, and using wet and dry pigment.  

I find that creatives produce visual and written codification of experiences and imagination that mirrors our art and culture intellectual mindset. Everything has a history on which new ideas are built. Art signifies future. Bob Nonnemacher’s pixelated geometric constructions are avant-garde concepts rooted in historical developments. His work seems likely to set the world on fire with vibrant bursts of color-filled life.

Look closer, think deeper.

Mimi Peterson, Vital Art Project, Racine WI

Visit Bob Nonnemacher’s Gallery of Art here.