[2] Bob earned his Bachelor of Science degree in art from Ohio State University in 1942[3] after studying with Hoyt Sherman.

[4] In 1948, Bob received his Master of Fine Art degree from the University of Iowa,[3] where he studied printmaking[4] and painting under Mauricio Lasansky.

[2] Following his education at Ohio State University, Bob served in the Air Force in Hawaii during World War II.

[6] He also opened a studio on Main Street, where he and his wife Gennie produced and exhibited art as well as hosting theater performances.

The two were primarily painters and printmakers, and they were credited with influencing the modernist movement developing in Montana and encouraging new artists.

However, he worked with a wide variety of mediums and styles throughout his lifetime, including drawing, painting, and mixed media constructions.

His work was a mixture of realist modernism and abstract expressionism that drew from such artists as Kooning, Matisse, and Picasso.