Robert Thomas Kitchen

nArt Brokerage: Robert Thomas, aka Robert Kitchen, American Artist: b. 1948-2019. Robert was born Jan. 8, 1948, in Pasadena, California. The artist spent his young life in Glendora, California, and was one of nine children. His mother was a painter, and taught him the basics when he a child, but his first calling as a professional artist was through metal sculptures. He eventually found himself in Hawaii, after buying a one-way ticket for himself and a friend. He started his life in Hawaii on Oahu before moving to the Big Island. Robert continued his metal sculpture career until a back injury left him temporarily disabled. Leaving the manual labor of metalwork behind, Kitchen picked up painting. Kitchen, known in the art world as Robert Kitchen, Thomas, died April 23, 2019, at the age of 71, from acute leukemia, a rapidly spread cancer. The painter had made the Big Island his home for more than 40 years, and his paintings were famous for their realistic depictions of the landscape, ocean and animals of the Hawaiian islands. Listings wanted.