About the exhibition:

The Artful Saucer explores the phenomenon of UFOs as they’ve engaged the American public over the last 75 years. Robert S. Hunter investigates extraterrestrial sightings using Digital Printmaking techniques that manipulate color, texture, size, placement, and transparency. Focusing on comparisons and contrasts, his series of prints explore the subject of “Flying Saucers’’ in a Pop Art and in a Neo Surreal context to illustrate unexplained encounters with mysterious objects and their cultural and psychological significance. The exhibition will be on view physically by- appointment March 11th - March 28th 2021 at Da Vinci Art Alliance and as a recorded video tour on the Da Vinci Art Alliance website.

Surveys show that nearly 50% of all Americans believe aliens have visited earth, and that percentage is increasing. For decades UFOs have permeated the minds of humankind, latching on to our fascination of all things unexplained and mysterious. Robert S. Hunter chooses UFOs as subjects that inspire surreal expressions of the divine and sublime, and presents them as evidence of their cultural significance.

“UFOs represent a cultural dream that transports us to the frontiers of our own imaginations.” 
—Robert S Hunter

About the Artist:

Robert S. Hunter is a Digital Imaging artist who earned BS and MA degrees from James Madison University.  He was the High School Art Instructor at Colonial Beach High School for 32 years and also instructed at Rappahannock Community College and Radford University. He has been recognized by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and the Teacher’s Institute of Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. Robert S. Hunter discovered the possibilities of computer based imaging and completed an 18 hour certificate of study in Digital Imaging at Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC. He now actively exhibits his prints across the United States and has been invited to show his work in national print exhibitions such as The Boston Printmakers Biennial, The Delta National Exhibition of Small Prints, The Bradley International Print & Drawing Exhibition, and The McNeese National Annual Works on Paper Exhibition. His work is in numerous private collections as well as in the collections of Arkansas University and Purdue University.