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I do abstract painting as well as my primarily animal and wildlife art. This is a great escape for me and allows me to see better. I love expressing myself this way. I belong to a group of nine painters and we call ourselves "Driven to Abstraction". Nice title I think. We put on shows every so often. My animal paintings are also painted pretty abstractly I think, especially in how I put color together.

A Colorado native and long-time Fort Collins resident, Bob's painting style reflects his Western Heritage yet is uniquely his own. He strives for an image that is unusual and that brings pleasure in the doing as well as in the viewing. His work is often stylized, often whimsical, always colorful and strong in design and composition. Animals, landscapes, people, history and mythology provide him a wealth of subject matter. He also produces images that are purely abstract or non-objective in nature. He works with a color palette reminiscent of the Fauvist movement and often combines both realism and abstraction in one piece. Coonts' work has been likened to abstract surrealism, realism with an abstract point of view or...