In 2014, when Robert Mars was watching his wife stitch a quilt together, he had an epiphany. His inspiration as an artist had always been Americana from the 1950s and ’60s—patchworks of rustic wood panels, neon signs, brown paper, old newspapers and magazines. His works are sometimes collage-like, overlaying scenes and images to create one cohesive piece of art. Like folktales told in a quilt, he was using history to tell a story in one concise image. And just like that, his ideas started threading together.
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