This body of work started out as an examination of identity. As the work abstracted, and as I let myself get lost in it, I realized the work was more about isolationism and the suffocation that can come from that. For me the images are spaces where being alone comes with a certain amount of resignation. They could be interpreted as plans for public spaces but I think they would be best realized away from populated areas. They are less public art and more a place of contemplation. My studio production of working during a quarantine has been filled with failures. I find I’m preparing surfaces for work but rarely finishing anything. Others have said it’s fine, that I’m laying the groundwork or starting the foundation for future paintings.  

Robert Yoder is an artist living in Seattle, Washington. His paintings and collages have been shown across the country and internationally and are in numerous private and public collections including Boeing, Microsoft, Neiman Marcus, Twitter and the Seattle Art Museum.  His  work is included in the book-arts collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the New York City Library System. Robert has received many awards including a Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant and his work is represented by Frosch & Portmann in New York and Zurich, and by Platform.