Interview

TV Interview: Texas Heritage Songwriters Association Artwork

To view and order the artwork go to the Texas Heritage Songwriters Association 2011 fine art prints page on Robert’s web site

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Thanks T.S. of Sports Collectors Digest

For those of you familiar with Sports Collectors Digest,  T. S. O’Connell is retiring as editor after 17 years. In his “Editor’s Note-Saying Goodbye” column in the January 2011 issue and Saying good-bye is tough, Part Deux … blog post he put together a Sports Artist Hall of Fame artist and included little ole me. … and here I am without an acceptance speech.

Thanks T.S. for thinking well of my dabblings!

http://infielddirt.sportscollectorsdigest.com/2011/01/11/Saying+Goodbye+Is+Tough+Part+Deux.aspx

Excerpt:

“Virtually even before I took over as editor, I made a concerted effort to promote as many of the great sports artists as I could in the pages each week. I’ll take the risk of leaving someone out because I really want to acknowledge as many of those great talents as I can.

Here goes: Charles De Simone, Bill Forsyth, Dan Gardiner, Stephen Holland, Robert Hurst, Michael Joseph, Andy Jurinko, Graig Kreindler, Ron Lewis, Paul Madden, Mike Mellett, Arthur K. Miller, Christopher Paluso, Dick Perez, Bill Purdom, Nathalie Rattner, Mike Schacht, Bruce Stark, Ron Stark and Darryl Vlasak. If that’s not a great inaugural class for the Sports Artist Hall of Fame, I don’t know what is.”

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Barefoot Insubordinate Artist

Dueling Vans: Texas Country Reporter and Robert's Vans Outside the Texas Sports Hall of Fame

Dueling Vans: Texas Country Reporter and Robert's Vans Outside the Texas Sports Hall of Fame

Ok kiddos, for those of you who missed my groundbreaking interview on Texas Country Reporter….here’s your chance to see the “barefoot, insubordinate artist”!! 6 hours of interviews at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and my studio in Austin boiled down to 7 minutes you’ll never, EVER get back. Click on TCR link and then… go to “show times in your area”. Pass it on…..

“Texas Country Reporter” is a highly-acclaimed TV program that celebrates the history, emotion and beauty that make Texas and Texans so unique. Since 1972, Bob Phillips has traveled the backroads of the Lone Star State and shared the stories of real Texans. From artis…ts to cowboys, hobbyists to musicians, “Texas Country Reporter” explores the passions, interests, and lifestyles of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Every week you’re invited to hop in and travel with Bob as he meets the folks that make Texas such a special place. TO SUBMIT A STORY IDEA, GO HERE: http://www.texascountryreporter.com/ideas.htm

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Robert on Texas Country Reporter TV Show Weekend of Nov 6, 2010

Watch episodes featuring legendary Texans then stay for my segment … Robert

From the TCR website:
Weekend of November 6th 2010
Show #1210

This week on Texas Country Reporter…

Learn how a pair of breakfast based businesses started right here in the Texas panhandle. Kenneth Bennet, 806-756-4386 & Linda Puckett.

Meet a painter whose heavy hitting sports art is a hit with fans. Robert Hurst, www.adamnfineartist.com. On display at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, 1108 S University Parks Dr, Waco, TX 76706-1223 MAP 254-756-1633

Plus, get your motor running at a miniature raceway run by a high school shop teacher. Yellow Jacket Raceway, John “Moe” Callison, Mineola High School, Mineola, TX

Click here for Show Times in your area

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A Really Brief History of Time AKA The Texas Country Reporter Interview

Texas Country Reporter and Robert's Vans Outside the Texas Sports Hall of Fame

Texas Country Reporter and Robert's Vans Outside the Texas Sports Hall of Fame

I’ve done a number of TV and radio interviews in my time. Usually I’m shuffled in, mic’ed-up, thrown a little playful banter then answer some predictable questions. There’s not a lot of preparation and am usually done before I know we started. Most have been early in the morning (live TV) and I’m still in a fog. I drive home afterwards to get my final hours of sleep. Often these interviews are in support of the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar or the current Texas Sports Hall of Fame induction. It’s all part of the job.

Last year, while doing a sports memorabilia show in Arlington, a young lady spoke with me about Texas Country Reporter. I have been a fan of the show for years. She said that her (ok, follow me here) mother’s sister’s husband was Bob Phillips, the face of TCR. A connection was made. I gave her one of my catalogs and she said she would pass it along.

I contacted TCR in January hoping that they would have interest in doing something on the Texas Sports Hall of Fame (TSHOF) induction in February. I received an email from them stating that they had received my information. That was that.

In May TCR called and said they want to do a story on little old me, and my connection to the TSHOF. “Cool Beans!” I thought. We arrange to meet in Waco at the TSHOF the following week then to travel to my Austin studio afterwards. More >

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Texas Country Reporter Interview

Don’t tell anyone but the Texas Country Reporter contacted me do a story. Filming will be at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco on Tuesday May 18th and at my Austin, Texas studio on May 19th. I’M GONNA BE A STAR!!!

Texas Sports Hall of Fame Artwork

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