29.07.2012 04:49:34

The artist Robert Finale is no stranger to struggles and adversity. At the

tender age of two, he along with his family fled the communist ruled

country of Cuba for a life of freedom and opportunity in the United

States. Here Robert learned the value of hard work and discipline and

realized his potential to pursue his passion for art. This passion, Finale

explains, began very early in life. As a young boy of five, Robert Finale

was seldom without a pencil and sketchpad in hand, sketching everything

from movie scenes to family vacation destinations. Robert's love for

brushing oil onto canvas came much later, when his early childhood

sketch were brought to life in a special gift to his wife. From humble

beginnings, today his paintings grace several Galleries all over the world.

The first, however, has a special place in his family home.

Robert Finale's images originate from his childhood sketches, which his

mother always lovingly treasured and encouraged him to keep

Each painting is a journey of unspoken words and hidden whispers of

freedom, nurturing the hopes and dreams that exist within all of us. These

feelings are resurfaced and unveiled through beautiful city images in

romantic surroundings placing the viewer in the dream world of

unconscious thought. A quiet, gentle natured man, Robert Finale uses his

paintings to communicate with each individual person. Using rich colors

and textures, Finale has developed his own rich vocabulary in a painting.

Expressing this rich language through places and entities allows him to

tap into his own world and the fragile emotions that exist within all of us.

The emotion that a person feels upon examining a piece of art is the

beauty of this communication. As Robert places the final brush stroke on

the canvas he is conscious of the fact that art is a universal language.

Therefore, one canvas represents the window to millions of different

emotions that have existed and exist through all of us, giving the viewer a

powerful, tool to look within his own world, for the understanding of life’s

journey.