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— Robert Bissell
Robert Bissell grew up on a farm in England, immersed in the beauty and fascination of the natural world. His paintings of wild animals—from rabbits and butterflies to bears, birds, and frogs—are playful meditations on the inner lives of those creatures and, by extension, of human creatures. Influenced by the surrealism of René Magritte, Bissell mixes scales and uses gigantism in his animal vignettes, as evidenced by this calendar’s twelve imaginative studies of wild rabbits—solitary, in groups, and interacting with other creatures. Now a resident of Northern California, Bissell regularly exhibits his paintings in museums and galleries across the United States and Europe.
The bears in Robert Bissell’s universe lead lives as seemingly complex and thought-filled as those led by humans. They are sometimes playful, sometimes contemplative and lost in a world known only to them. Whatever the activity, Bissell’s delightful bears draw us into their world and invite a closer look. Here, a group of six bears—most standing upright, all peering upward—are surrounded by swirling clouds of blue butterflies. Are the bears idly curious? Pondering the mysteries of nature? They’re too spellbound to tell us.
Robert Bissell grew up on a farm in England, surrounded by the beauty and magic of the natural world. In his paintings, he loves to playfully imagine the lives and experiences of wild animals, such as the gentle encounter portrayed here. When he isn’t painting rabbits and butterflies, he paints bears, rats, kangaroos, dragonflies, and a host of other creatures. Thoughtfully crafted with large pieces, PomegranateKids® 300-piece interlocking jigsaw puzzles combine kid-friendly artwork, superb color reproduction, and sturdy construction to delight young puzzle solvers for years to come.
When Robert Bissell isn’t painting bears, he paints rabbits, butterflies, rats, kangaroos, dragonflies, and a host of other animals. His paintings are large, dreamy, playful, allegorical meditations on the experiences of these animals and, by extension, of human animals.