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Robert Amos

Robert Amos has painted thousands of pictures of the urban landscape and specializes in commissioned paintings of homes and gardens. He writes a weekly column, "On Art," published in the Times Colonist, and is the author (and illustrator) of seven books about Victoria, including , Artists in their Studios: Where Art is Born, and Inside Chinatown: Ancient Culture in a New World. Robert has recently been the artist in residence at the Fairmont Empress Hotel and is an Honorary Citizen of Victoria. He was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1995. Robert lives in downtown Victoria, British Columbia. Please visit Robert's website at robertamos.com.

Books by Robert Amos

Painting Victoria

E. J. Hughes: Life at the Lake

E. J. Hughes: Canadian War Artist

The E. J. Hughes Book of Boats

E. J. Hughes Paints British Columbia

E. J. Hughes Paints Vancouver Island

Up at the Lake

No Such Thing as Far Away

Emily Carr As I Knew Her

Harold Mortimer-Lamb

Harold Mortimer Lamb

Hometown

Inside Chinatown

Artists in their Studios