Roger Winter (born August 17, 1934) is an American contemporary artist and educator, best known for his landscape paintings of rural Texas and realist depictions of New York City.
[2] His professors at UT Austin included Constance Forsyth, Loren Mozley, Robert McDonald Graham, William Lester, and Everett Spruce.
[7] During this time, he also served as a studio assistant to Charles T. Williams, who introduced Winter to Jim Love, Roy Fridge, David McManaway, Hal Pauley, Bill Komodore, and Herb Rogalla.
[11][10] From 1990 to 1996, Winter lived year-round in Frankfort, Maine, and soon became associated with the seasonal artistic community surrounding Penobscot Bay.
In Maine, Winter was first introduced to the artist Alex Katz and the documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman through their mutual friend, the painter Neil Welliver.
[22] Winter’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the following venues: Tara Downs, New York, US (2024); “Upper West Side Plus,” Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, US (2024); “Jazz Set,” Master Gallery, New York, US (2023); “Stories/Collages From Memory: Roger Winter,” Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas, US (2020); and “Artist At Work,” Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, US (2019).