The Artist's Signature
The artist uses his first initial (V) to honor his father, Virgil Lee Rogers, coupled with the artist's middle name (Les) instead of the traditional last name of the artist. In this way, he pays tribute to his father, who was a very creative and talented person.
The Artist's Signature
The artist uses his first initial (V) to honor his father, Virgil Lee Rogers, coupled with the artist's middle name (Les) instead of the traditional last name of the artist. In this way, he pays tribute to his father, who was a very creative and talented person.
V. Les Rogers is considered one of the top living
self taught impressionist artists in Texas.
V. Les Rogers is considered one of the top living
self taught impressionist artists in Texas.
Born in Dallas, Texas on March 17, 1953, the son of a hard working blue collar father Virgil L. Rogers, a Bronze Star recipient of World War II, V. Les used to watch his father sketch in pencil and sculptor pieces from clay; he admired his father's creativity. His mother, born Frances Belle Scott, is a descendant of the famed Sir Walter Scott.
V. Les grew up just three miles from downtown Dallas in an area known as "The M Streets." His dad worked two jobs so his mother Frances exposed him to the cultural influences early on; she would take him to museums regularly and to The Dallas Symphony on Sundays.
Early influences as a teen were the early Modernists like:
- Pablo Picasso — with his bold primary colors and irregular shapes
- Man Ray — left an impression on him with his work "L'Homme Infini"
- Joan Miró — with her bright colors
- Georges Braque — with his simple yet profound rounded shapes
- Marcel Duchamp — "Dulcinea"
- Edvard Munch
- Arthur Dove
For this reason bold primary colors and the impressionist visibility of bold brushstrokes became his signature style.
2005
Born in Dallas, Texas on March 17, 1953, the son of a hard working blue collar father Virgil L. Rogers, a Bronze Star recipient of World War II, V. Les used to watch his father sketch in pencil and sculptor pieces from clay; he admired his father's creativity. His mother, born Frances Belle Scott, is a descendant of the famed Sir Walter Scott.
V. Les grew up just three miles from downtown Dallas in an area known as "The M Streets." His dad worked two jobs so his mother Frances exposed him to the cultural influences early on; she would take him to museums regularly and to The Dallas Symphony on Sundays.
Early influences as a teen were the early Modernists like:
- Pablo Picasso — with his bold primary colors and irregular shapes
- Man Ray — left an impression on him with his work "L'Homme Infini"
- Joan Miró — with her bright colors
- Georges Braque — with his simple yet profound rounded shapes
- Marcel Duchamp — "Dulcinea"
- Edvard Munch
- Arthur Dove
For this reason bold primary colors and the impressionist visibility of bold brushstrokes became his signature style.
2005