From Lemasany Hill, Robert N. Sudlow (1920–2010)

"Painting for me is a sort of communion. I paint in the midst of the landscape knowing that eyes are not enough. I wish for total immersion: touch, smell, sound, and the awareness of the swift flight of the sun.”

"My original intent was to be a biological illustrator. As a very poor student at the University of Kansas, I drew pickled reptiles to keep myself in school. Mercifully, I came under the influence of Albert Bloch. I took whatever traditions I could digest and forgot what didn't set well. This didn't always fit well with the art fashions and I had some difficulty both as a teacher and artist. I took the quest very seriously. All my readings, my love of natural world and music, I tried to turn into paint. In the beginning I was influenced by the styles of other European master painters. But, as time elapsed I found my own distinct style of painting that best connected me to nature and forces around me. Nature is a screen upon which I cast my dreams and has a sense of privacy. Even though Kansas was in my blood, I went to northern California in the summer months and to Europe every sabbatical I could manage. But, almost unknown to me, the visual metaphors of Kansas landscape grew stronger and its common places more haunting. It became a part of my Identity."

Robert Sudlow