Bob West began his art career early. At the age of 15, he entered a pen-and-ink drawing in an annual city-wide art competition. The complex piece was a densely-packed collection of billboards, rooftop corporate logos and the like, composed as if looking at an over-populated commercial district through a telephoto lens. The drawing was selected for the juried porton of the show — but then the judges discovered Bob's age. It seems the competition was intended for adult artists... even though the rules didn't say so. The mistake garnered Bob his first media coverage, and his first sale. It also caused the sponsors to rewrite the rules of the competition— barring young artists. From that time through college, Bob would sell virtually every painting and sculpture he produced.

Bob studied art at Trinity University in San Antonio, working in Methods and Materials under painter Bill Bristow, in Sculpture under the versitile Philip John Evett, and in Painting under Robert Tiemann, an established abstract / figurative expressionist painter.

Earning a Bachelor's in Art with a Concentration in Painting, Bob graduated with honors. His first job was serving as art director and camera operator for a commercial production company. Adding experience in copy writing and directing for radio and television commercial production, Bob rounded out his repertoire with a stint in community relations, and continued his work in freelance graphic design while sporadically working in abstract painting, drawing and sculpture.

In 1995, Bob began providing web design services, building sites for feature films as well as film and entertainment industry professionals and artists.

Over the last five years, Bob's commercial focus has primarily been on graphic design for feature films and network television, along with web design. Recent film clients include Paramount's "The Italian Job", Twentieth Century Fox's "Down With Love" and MGM's sequel to "Get Shorty", "Be Cool", for which Bob designed nearly thirty album covers and posters.

Over the last few years, Bob has renewed his commitment to fine art, producing a new series of abstract paintings and minimalist drawings. These works expand on concepts of surface definition, minimal composition, weight and gesture that he has explored previously, as he experiments with new methods of presentation, especially for the drawings.

Bob is now creating an inventory of works, which will soon be made available to the public.