by adminRohs | Aug 8, 2018 | Global Impact, Shows, Thoughts
Lines are what everyone notices most in my art work. In my humanitarian work, I believe in moving from sympathy to empathy, from pity to compassion, and from judgement to meaningful action. Listening Through Lines is an interactive exhibit I co-created with emBOLDen...
by adminRohs | Aug 8, 2018 | Global Impact
Listening Through Lines “Listening Through Lines” is a co-creation of Art by Bill Rohs and emBOLDen Alliances. This interactive exhibit brings together powerful artistic visual expression combined with stimulating thought provoking questions to help each of us dig...
by adminRohs | Oct 26, 2016 | Shows
by adminRohs | Jul 21, 2016 | Thoughts
Failure, spectacular failure. Oh so frustrating, but oh so important to the creative process. I wanted to work on some new techniques in this session, so I started out with this goal in mind. I had an idea of what I wanted to achieve but this was my first attempt at...
by adminRohs | Jun 14, 2016 | Shows
I am honored and humbled to have won the award for Most Creative Interpretation at Art Students League of Denver’s Summer Art Market, presented to me by Henry Meininger. With over 180 artist at the event, I...
by adminRohs | Jan 7, 2016 | Thoughts
Click to watch the time-lapse video. I do these quick drawings as a way to remember people, in this case my mom. As I draw, I sit and think about who they are, the experiences we have had and what they mean to me.
by adminRohs | May 21, 2015 | Global Impact
Part of a series of drawings I did to help support emBOLDen Alliances programs in Nepal, 2015-2017. The porter is a symbol of hard work and determination in Nepal. I salute their effort to rebuild Nepal after the devastating earthquake. The original has sold, but you...
by adminRohs | May 3, 2015 | Global Impact
A Nepali woman from the Rasuwa area, which was devastated by the 2015 earthquakes. emBOLDen Alliances led a robust response to the earthquakes, all through a model of directly emBOLDening local, community-based organizations.
by adminRohs | Apr 14, 2015 | Thoughts
I am trying to get get back in touch with a layering of line work I have used before. It helps me create more depth to the drawings.
by adminRohs | Mar 24, 2015 | Thoughts
This is a drawing of Gabriel, one of the porters from our trip to the Rwanzori Mountains bordering Uganda and Congo. He helped me learn a little bit of the local language and, with the rest of the staff, he worked extremely hard to make sure we had everything we...