Occupation Illustrator, Teacher Nationality American | Name Robert Barrett Education University of Utah | |
Notable works The Story of the Walnut Tree (1982) | ||
Robert Theodore Barrett (born May 13, 1949) is an American painter, illustrator, and professor of illustration at Brigham Young University. His illustrated works include The Story of the Walnut Tree, Silent Night, Holy Night: The Story of the Christmas Truce, and The Nauvoo Temple Stone. He illustrated a book about President Barack Obama, entitled Obama: Only in America, written by Carole Boston Weatherford.
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Career
Barrett holds a BFA from the University of Utah and an MA and MFA from the University of Iowa. Besides being a professor, he has also served as associate dean of the BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications. Barrett also co-authored a BYU Studies article on the lives and art works of Arnold Friberg, Harry Anderson, Tom Lovell, and Ken Riley with Susan Easton Black. He is a member of the Society of Illustrators and was awarded the 2010 Distinguished Educator in the Arts Award.
Barrett has presented one-man art shows, notably at the Springville Art Museum and the St. George Art Museum, among other sites. He has made many drawings, some of which are based on accounts from the Book of Mormon, and paintings of events in the ministry of Jesus Christ as recorded in the New Testament. He also illustrated The Real Story of Creation and The Real Story of the Flood, written by Paul L. Maier, a Lutheran pastor and a professor at Western Michigan University.
Personal life
Barrett is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and served a mission to Germany. Barrett and his wife Vicki are the parents of ten children.