Robert Santora

NO VACANCY

Acrylic, oil pastels on canvas 

36 x 24 inches

Bio:

Robert Santora is a multidisciplinary artist, illustrator, and creative director whose work blends mid-century modern design, vintage nostalgia, architecture, nature, and contemporary visual storytelling.

With more than three decades of experience in commercial art, publishing, packaging, branding, and art direction, Santora brings a designer’s eye and an illustrator’s imagination to his fine-art practice. His work often transforms familiar places, local landmarks, florals, animals, and everyday scenes into stylized, expressive compositions that feel both nostalgic and contemporary.

Working across painting, mixed media, illustration, digital art, and AI-assisted imagery, Santora continually explores new ways to reinterpret the familiar. His art is rooted in curiosity, experimentation, and a fascination with the stories hidden within the places and images we encounter every day