The 2009 Artscape Artist Market Jury has once again rejected artist Robert McClintock after nine solid years as an Artist Market participant. McClintock who’s large body of work portraying the iconic and well known scenes of Baltimore says, “I guess my work just doesn’t have what it takes anymore to be in the largest free public arts festival in the country featuring 150+ artists”. McClintock was also rejected in 2008.

McClintock understands it’s “juried” show but feels very left out, he questions the Baltimore Office of Promotions (BOP) “policy” that local Baltimore artists are routinely left out while out of state artists are encouraged to apply. This seems to fly in the face of a Baltimore City funded and BOP supported program called “BUY LOCAL”, which obviously encourages shoppers to keep their purchases in Baltimore and Maryland.

Jurors give each artist a score (from 1–5) based on their 5 submitted images.  Each artist is listed on the score sheet by an ID number, no names are revealed. This year’s panel of jurors were Paula Rome (jewelry), Carlous Palmer (fashion), Joyce Scott (mixed media) and Daniel Sullivan (mixed media).

“It’s unfortunate that I am not accepted once again, especially since my work promotes Baltimore in it’s best light. I’ve worked very hard to establish myself here and I was able to do that by appearing yearly at Artscape. Perhaps I’ve outgown this festival (at least with the jurors), and after all it’s on the hottest weekend of the year.”

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Robert’s “HOTEL CHELSEA” accepted as a finalist in the international competition at San Francisco’s Moscone Center. Among this years show judges were Pop Artist Peter Max and Macintosh Co-founder Steve Wozniak. The artworks was shown as part of the Macworld Expo 2009 Gallery

This is the third time Robert’s work has been accepted in this show.

Click here to see Robert’s entire New York City Seen Collection

Many of Robert’s fans were shocked and dismayed and wandered aimlessly looking for McClintock’s booth.

McClintock vows to re-apply in 2009 to Artscape which is “Baltimore’s Largest Art show featuring talented LOCAL artists.”

Baltimore, Maryland (April 15, 2006)—Baltimore based artist and digital photographer Robert McClintock’s hybrid digital photo paintings were recently added to the The Photographic History Collection (PHC) at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, which is the first collection of photography at any U.S. museum. According to Smithsonian curators, McClintock’s work represents an aspect of digital photography not previously collected by the Smithsonian- that of a gallery owner/photographer making a living both as a commercial and fine art photographer.

Among the collection are over 200,000 images representing the work of over 4,000 photographers and 12,000 pieces of equipment and photographic apparatus. The PHC collects images and objects representing the art, science, and technology of the photographic process. Curators from the PCH selected four of McClintock’s Baltimore and Washington DC images. The museum has stepped up its collection of digital images, and the digital photo process after it was inundated with digital photographs from 9/11.

McClintock recently relocated his long established studio/gallery to an expanded waterfront location in historic Fells Point at Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. The artist is well known for his vibrant and captivating images of Baltimore’s historic monuments, landmarks, eclectic neighborhoods and well-loved bars of greater Baltimore represented in his popular collection, “Baltimore Seen”. McClintock’s art, created using a technique combining photography with digital painting, are highly recognizable and have been utilized by many Baltimore organizations and tourism office to repr

“It’s a great honor for my artwork to be recognized by my peers.”, McClintock said.  This isn’t the first time McClintock’s work has been honored at the Macworld Expo. His well known “JUAN’S BAD DOG” was picked as a finalist in the 2003 Macworld Digtital Gallery.

Some of his earlier pieces are on display at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography and Boston’s Photographic Resource Center.  Robert’s innovative style is a hybrid medium combining photography and digital painting. No stock Photoshop filters are used, instead he paints and colors directly onto his original photos in Adobe Photoshop. The result is a unique piece of art saturated with color and personality.

Click here to see Robert’s entire New York City Seen Collection