Paintings by Jim Roberts will be on exhibit in the library’s Meeting Room Gallery during the months of May and June 2026.
The artist says of his work:
I create images that I find compelling, to share through my art. I look for patterns, colors, and shapes to convey a feeling or a sense of place. Exploring the relationships between shadows and light, colors and hues, and composition and perspective, my art allows the viewer to place themselves in the composition, creating a more personal connection.
The idea for “THE BIG SKY” exhibition came about as I was working on a series of skyscape paintings; one of which, a diptych, is called “THE BIG SKY.” During this period, I envisioned a collection of larger, skyscape paintings (30×40) with the hope of exhibiting them as a group. This vision led to my first exhibition of “THE BIG SKY” at the Parish Center for the Arts in October, 2024. Although the paintings have been shown separately in other shows, this 2026 exhibit at Acton Memorial Library is only the second time the collection has been shown as a whole.
Lowell-based artist Jim Roberts was born and raised in Massachusetts. Working mainly in acrylics, Jim also does drawings and prints. His inspiration comes from nature and the bountiful beauty that surrounds us all. Jim creates images that he finds compelling, to share through his art. He looks for patterns, colors, and shapes to convey a feeling or a sense of place. Exploring the relationships between shadows and light, colors and hues, and composition and perspective, Jim’s art allows the viewer to place themselves in the composition; creating a more personal connection.
Jim has been making art for over 50 years. He studied Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, and Printmaking at Boston University, and Graphic Design and Illustration at U.C.Berkeley Extension in San Francisco. His work has been featured in national publications, group shows in Amesbury, Boston, Chelmsford, Concord, Lexington, Lowell, Waltham, Westford, New York City, and solo shows in Chelmsford, Lawrence, Lowell and Littleton, and Westford, MA.
Jim is Vice President of The Arts League of Lowell where his work can be seen on display there regularly. He is also a member of The Chelmsford Art Society and Lowell Art Association. Other places where his art is on display are The Whistler House Museum of Art/Lowell Art Association Small Works Gallery, The Lowell Senior Center, and The Art Gallery at Grace Chapel . Jim is a volunteer docent at The Whistler House Museum of Art where he regularly provides tours of the historic home and its extensive art collection featuring mainly New England artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
All are welcome to a gallery artist talk on Sunday, May 3, at 2 p.m. in the Meeting Room.
For more information on Jim Roberts’s work, visit: www.jimrobertsart.com
Exhibitions are free and handicapped accessible. Exhibitions in the library Meeting Room are available for viewing whenever the library is open and the room is not in use for a meeting. Please check the library’s Program Calendar for availability.
At the beginning of each year, the Arts Committee of the Acton Memorial Library invites Massachusetts artists to submit work for consideration for upcoming exhibitions in the Meeting Room Gallery. Please see the library’s Art Exhibition Policy for more information.