Daughters' expressive paintings and prints celebrate the landscapes and cultures of the Southwest. Artist Robert Daughters, formerly of Taos and Santa Fe, dies. He lived practically a whole lifetime before he decided to finally settle down and paint. During a 1953 visit to Taos, Robert Daughters discovered the beauty and light of the area. He and his family finally made their move to Santa Fe in 1970, then to Taos in 1972.... Robert Daughters, 84, died Thursday (Oct. 24, 2013) in Rogers, Ark., where he and his wife, Sandra, had been living the last few years. Sandra passed away last June at age 80. His son said it was like his father was “waiting for her to go before he finally left.” Born on Feb. 17, 1929 in St. Joseph, Mo. Graduated from Central high school in St. Joseph in 1947. After high school and his military service he attended Kansas City Art Institute and School of Design in Kansas City, Missouri, where he received a Bachelors Degree in Fine Art. Before he discovered Taos, he became a partner in a highly successful advertising art studio in Kansas City, Mo. During those 17 years, he won numerous awards ... For 20 years, the Daughters family lived in the O.E. Berninghaus home and studio in Taos, certainly a place of local distinction but also of inspiration as well. In 1993, Southwest Art Magazine called Daughters “a tireless, compulsive painter, he has produced countless representations of the Southwest in all of its magnificence. His style is characterized by dark outlines and short discrete brush strokes that catch color and movement of his subjects with vivid flourish. And above all he conveys a sense of the regions brilliant light.” (http://www.taosnews.com/entertainment/arts/artist-robert-daughters-formerly-of-taos-and-santa-fe-dies/article_087aa788-416d-11e3-9001-0019bb2963f4.html) undefined

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