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Bob Pejman
was surrounded by art and culture from an early age. The son of an operatic composer and a concert musician, he spent his early childhood in Vienna, and then by way of England moved to the United States in 1976. Pejman began painting by the age of seven, and by the time he was sixteen he had won numerous awards in group exhibitions. However, despite his art instructor's insistence for him to pursue an education and career in art, Pejman decided to enter the field of business management.
It was not until 1988, that Pejman decided to return to the art world by opening up an art gallery. In 1991, he began his two year formal studies with the world renowned Russian artist, Anatoly Ivanov. Later he attended the prestigious New York Art Students League as well as furthering his studies with the Impressionist master, Ovanes Berberian.
Pejman's style is influenced by such artists as Sir Alma-Tadema, Thomas Cole, and Maxfield Parrish; all of them sharing the attributes of technical mastery, form and perspective. While the influence of these masters is evident in Pejman's works, it is through his unique arrangement and depiction of the subject matters that he achieves a distinctive style.
In his works, Pejman creates idyllic, tranquil worlds. "There are no people in my paintings, so you can imagine yourself in the scenes", explains the artist. "The scenes are already romantic, but my idea is to make them even more so". In doing so, he pushes the colors to make them more intense and exaggerates the sunlight. "I don't simplify the shapes. You get into the cracks and feel the structures and the stones", he says, considering them to be marks of cultivated wisdom rather than declination. Since his first one-man exhibition in 1993, Pejman has received national and international attention.
His works were chosen to be made into jacquard loom tapestries in France and are distributed through Design Toscana in Chicago. Wall size murals are published by Scan Decor in Sweden, and Portal Publications in San Francisco is publishing a series of graphics. Pejman's works can be found in many prestigious galleries and corporate and private collections throughout the world. He has exhibited in New York, Atlanta, Las Vegas and other major cities.
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