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Historical mural by Bob Unkrich at the corner of
Willow & Main Street in downtown Bishop |
California
Watercolorist Bob Unkrich
BISHOP,
CALIFORNIA-
After a career
in advertising in Southern California, Bob Unkrich retired to Bishop,
a town renowned for being the gateway to such natural wonders as the Sierra
Nevada, the ancient bristlecone pine forest in the White Mountains, the
unique environment of Mono Lake and the historic Gold Rush towns of California
and Nevada.
It was the perfect
place for Bob to pursue a second career as a fine artist. His watercolor
paintings now hang all over California, and every visitor to Bishop's downtown
is treated to a view of his mural (a monumental work in oils) at the corner
of Main Street and Willow.
While Bob's
subjects are often the vistas and vegetation of the nearby Sierras, he
often climbs into his mobile studio and heads to more distant locations,
including the historic mining town of Bodie, the California coast, Death
Valley, and Nevada.
Now 74 years
old, Bob Unkrich plans to spend the rest of his life painting. As any visitor
to his living room gallery will concur, his watercolors capture the essence
of the scenes he paints. For those of us who don't live at the gateway to
the Sierras, Bob's paintings have the power to take us there at a glance.
Click here to see a selection of Bob's remarkable watercolors.
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