Robert Maestas

In August of 2015 after spending 23 years in Denver, CO Robert Maestas and his wife Patricia relocated back to their home state of New Mexico. Mr. Maestas was raised in Espanola, NM and Mrs. Maestas is from Mesilla, NM. Mr. Maestas is a veteran of the US Armed Forces and served aboard the aircraft carrier USS America for three years in the early seventies. Mr. Maestas is a self- taught Digital / AI Artist / Photographer and has been creating art in one form or another since he was a child. Mr. Maestas was a member of the Chicano Humanities & Arts Council (CHAC) Gallery in Denver, CO for many years and is overjoyed to bring his style of art back to his home state of New Mexico. Mr. Maestas states “my art is not traditional by any means. It is created from dreams, emotions, mental imagery and life’s trials and tribulations that I have experienced during my short time on this earth.” Some of Mr. Maestas’ past accomplishments include being selected as the People’s Choice winner in a national art competition entitled “Art with a Story.” You can view and read the winning entry under his “BLOG” Section on his website. Mr. Maestas was also one of the 5,201 official entrants from around the world that submitted a concept to Lower Manhattan Develop Corporations (LMDC) World Trade Center Memorial Competition for the design and creation of the 09/11/01 Ground Zero Memorial in New York City. Mr. Maestas design was never given proper credit by (LMDC) for his submission "Centerpiece for the Memorial" yet it is displayed at the 09/11 Memorial Museum in New York City. Read the full story located under the “BLOG” Section on his website. Huge strides in technology have paved the way for a whole new art form. In the conventional form, creativity manifests itself through the paint and the brush while today, in this age of technological revolution, it also happens with the use of a tablet, mouse, artist’s software and other tools. Each era has seen the evolution of a new art form and now we are experiencing digital art. Creativity knows no bounds and there could not be a better way of expressing it than through digital art, the art of the millennium. The creative mind is the same, the means are just different. Mr. Maestas states “I am simply an artist that uses a blank screen instead of the more traditional blank canvas to create original art. Let us leave it at that and enjoy the art for what it is and not by whatever manner it was created with.”