MIGRATING from
ILLUSTRATION to
FINE ART with Robert Krogle
By Sue Eller
ow did Robert Krogle , a successful illustrator in California for 31 years , make a creative shift into fine art in the Pacific Northwest ? It all began as a child in Santa Monica , California .
His first real interest in art of any kind was when Walt Disney opened his theme park in Anaheim . Krogle , at the tender age of about six or seven , was entranced by the Disney characters and eventually could draw all of them from memory and from every angle . His parents saw the interest and talent he demonstrated and gave him art materials and encouragement .
As his interest developed , he would take a sketchbook everywhere he went . His parents signed him up for a cartooning correspondence course which helped him
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