Robert T. Rogers (b. Memphis, TN) directs creative projects for True Mood Studio in Brookline, MA. He produces paintings, photographs, drawings, and writing.

Healthcare and hospitality businesses and private collectors have acquired his work, including Mass General Brigham and Hilton and Marriott hotels.

Rogers' fine art is mostly self-taught. He has an M.A. in Advertising and B.A. in American Studies from UT-Austin and a Visual Arts Graduate certificate from Harvard Extension School. He has reinforced his technique at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Harvard, and MassArt.

Personal experiences and imagination influence his work, much secular. Devotional art reflects Judeo-Christian values and spirituality.

Rogers has collaborated with McLean Hospital (Belmont, MA), Tharros House (Lexington, MA), Step By Step Supportive Services (Brookline, MA), Robinson Editions (Memphis, TN), and Vista Host (Houston, TX). He volunteers at Brookline Food Pantry, Brookline Senior Center, and serves on the Brookline MLK Celebration Committee.

I create abstract oil paintings, conceptual photographs, and drawings from observation and imagination. I write often.

I believe when I’m mindful, feeling an emotion, or thinking while creating, it influences the work even when I’m trusting the flow and responding visually to a sense of aesthetic. When I use my inner state to form art for others to consume, I’m expressing myself. I’m drawn to revelation.

I write titles and descriptions as insight to my relation with the work. At times my relation is less mental and more technical or spiritual. It’s technical when I describe my palette, brush strokes, edges of shapes as fluid or defined, and scrapes with palette knives. It’s spiritual when the work regards values. Some work blends the traits. For instance, I might name the work based on a feeling or concept and focus my description on the technique or intended interpretation. 

I feel that expressing is therapeutic to me and perhaps the viewer, whether the work is light or dark, calm or dynamic, serious or humorous. Some work brings peace of mind; some underscores mystery, heightens awareness or curiosity, and may raise more questions than answers.