Robert E. Mier has been painting professionally for 40 years and regularly exhibits his works in major art shows in Florida year-round. He works exclusively in acrylics as he expresses his love for the wildlife and landscapes of his adopted state of Florida. A resident of Central Florida since 1952, Mier has traveled the many waterways of the region by canoe, photographing its unique flora and fauna for inspiration for his diverse works.

Mier exhibits his paintings and prints year-round in public and private art shows, galleries, festivals and museum shows. Those works include realistic and impressionistic portraits of wildlife, native birds and animals, landscapes and seascapes. A few of the organizations that own original Mier works are the Orlando International Airport, the City of Ponce Inlet, TM Ranch, and the City of Vero Beach, as well as numerous private collectors. His works have been exhibited at Orlando City Hall and the Osceola Art Museum; he has won numerous awards for his paintings, most recently “Best of Show” at the Crystal River Manatee Festival in January, 2006.

Mier is a graduate of Barry University and the Commercial Art Program at Orlando Vocational Tech; as a high school student, he won two awards in the very first Winter Park Art Festival over 40 years ago. Robert also served in the U.S. Navy and for many years was a mental health counselor in Central Florida. Today he is a full-time wildlife artist who exhibits at more than 35 shows and does several private commissions a year. He lives with his wife, two horses and other pets on a ranch in Seminole County, Florida.