Robert MaGaw’s work has been compared to George Innes, N.C. Wyeth, and Wolf Kahn. Critics describe his style as impressionist, tonal and even dreamlike. In a recent article, Ralph Blumenthal of The New York Times, called Robert’s landscapes "luminous, executed in his signature vibrant palette and bold brushwork." It is indeed his interpretation of color and light in the world around him that give Robert’s paintings such spirit and life. To people who ask where he learned to paint, or for an interpretation of his technique, he explains that he has no formal artistic training. Simply, "This is what I love to do."

Born in 1949 and raised in the farmlands of Ohio, Robert’s early love of nature was reflected in sketched of the animals and woodlands that surrounded his boyhood home. After returning from the military service, he moved to New York where his innate sense of style and design earned him a highly successful career as an architect, as well as a designer of interiors, textiles, furniture, and graphics. Painting however, always remained his passion. He painted whenever his busy schedule permitted.

His career as a painter received a boost in 1995, when the Relais & Chateau resort, Lake Placid Lodge, acquired over 80 of Robert’s landscapes to adorn their guest rooms, cabins and to exhibit in their own Great Camp Gallery. In 1998, when the Lodge tapped him to create a mural for their new conference facility, he painted “Adirondack Fantasy”, a twenty eight foot long visual journey through the beloved north country.

"Beauty can exist anywhere. The subjects in my paintings seldom have any great significance of place. They’re just bits of the landscape that most of us pass by every day. But, in one never-come-again moments, when they’re splashed with the fresh light of dawn or the fiery glow of sunset, this ordinary scenery takes on a grandeur that can be breathtaking. I simply try to capture as much of it as I can before it all fades away."

As demand for Robert MaGaw’s work continues to steadily grow, his paintings may be found in the art holdings of Amman Resorts, Georgia-Pacific, McDonald’s Corporation, as well as a number of galleries and private collections throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe.