Born in Little Falls, New York, Robert Bissett is known for the life-like quality of the faces he paints.  He grew up in Palmer, Alaska were he knew and was influenced by the well-known Alaskan artist Fred Machetanz.  His Plein-air landscapes are also notable, especially those done in Alaska and Idaho.  
  
  He graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1967, served over five years as a pilot including two tours in Viet Nam.  Returning to school after the service he graduated from Washington State University with a degree in architecture, Summa Cum Laude.   A career in architecture seemed more practical, but the urge to paint became overwhelming in the summer of 1979.  That fall he had his first show at a gallery in Anchorage, Alaska.  Most of the paintings were landscapes and it sold out.  The following spring one of those mountain portraits was selected as the subject for a four thousand edition Beautiful Alaska promotional print, 16" x 48".  Bissett moved to Idaho in 1980.  He has traveled throughout the US, Japan, Australia, Spain, Turkey, Ethiopia, Greece, Iran, Greenland, England, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Costa Rica.  His paintings are a valued part of many private collections. More prints, oil paintings and portraits by Robert Bissett can be seen at www.buildart.com.