Art from Robert Fleming

Black text on white background reads, "April 1, 3026 Rocky Mountain Report, Robert Fleming."
Large rock outcropping in a grassy field inhabited by white mountain goats all around the edge of the image. Goats are resting on red and black and blue and purple ball and stick models of atoms. Trees in the distance.
Mountain vista with trees and rocks in the background and three differently colored oxygen canisters in the foreground.
Snowflakes in front of a tree-lined and rocky mountain vista.
Frothy blue water on top, a mostly dry mountain vista on the bottom.

Robert Fleming (b. 1963) is a visual poet from Lewes, Delaware, United States. Robert follows his mother as a visual artist and his grandfather as a poet. His art is influenced by the artists Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol, and Pablo Picasso. My digital graphics series April 1, 3026 Rocky Mountain news report imagines the end of the earth. Each image answers one of the five reporter questions: who, what, when, where, and why.

This series was inspired by my October, 2023 visit to the Rocky Mountains when I noticed that the mountain surface has texture and I wanted to write on it. Further, I was inspired by visiting the Rocky Mountains’ city Leadville, CO @ elevation 10,158′, where I only had 85% blood oxygen and survived @ St. Vincent’s hospital.

I used the computer software Canva to create image layers which makes the illusion of writing on the Rocky Mountains. Follow Robert at https://www.facebook.com/robert.fleming.5030 . Buy Robert’s visual poetry book White Noir, * ARRIVING 11.21.23 white noir by Robert Fleming – Devil’s Party Press (devilspartypress.com).