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illustrator painter

Robert T. Barrett is an American painter, illustrator, and professor of illustration at Brigham Young University.

Education

Barrett holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Utah and an Master of Arts and Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa.

Career

His illustration works include The Story of the Walnut Tree, Silent Night, Holy Night: The Story of the Christmas Truce, and The Nauvoo Temple Stone. He illustrated a book about President Barack Obama, entitled Obama: Only in America, written by Carole Boston Weatherford. Besides being a professor, he has also served as associate dean of the Brigham Young University College of Fine Arts and Communications.

Barrett also co-authored a Brigham Young University Studies article on the lives and art works of Arnold Friberg, Harry Anderson, Tom Lovell, and Ken Riley with Susan Easton Black.

Barrett has presented one-man art shows, notably at the Springville Art Museum and the Saint George Art Museum, among other sites. He also illustrated The Real Story of Creation and The Real Story of the Flood, written by Paul L. Maier, a Lutheran pastor and a professor at Western Michigan University.

Achievements

  • He is a member of the Society of Illustrators and was awarded the 2010 Distinguished Educator in the Arts Award.