2025 Exhibition: Art of Reflection

Robert Graham Carter: The Art of Reflection | Cressman Center 

August 1-September 27, 2025

Local artist Robert Graham Carter has gained national attention for his iconic figurative style. Organized in conversation with the artist, Robert Graham Carter: The Art of Reflection presents selected work from his six-decade-long career. Carter’s art invites reflection, invoking feelings and memories in the viewer, and encouraging moments of conversation. This exhibition explores the idea of “reflection” in Carter’s work through three major themes: childhood, spirituality, and societal issues. It addresses the ways Carter’s figurative style evokes personal responses, recalls formative experiences, and mirrors reality in thought provoking ways.

Image: Social Center/Barbershop, 2009, Acrylic paint on board 

30 1/8 x 39 inches , Robert Graham Carter Family Collection