Take 5: Eric Roberge

Meet Eric H. Roberge, one of the featured artists as part of Quiet Waters' running through Dec. 31.

Roberge is originally from France and has been living in Annapolis since 1957.

Patch: What is the primary medium you work in?

Roberge: My primary medium is pen and ink, colored pens and some painting.

Patch: What inspired you to become an artist and to work in your medium?

Roberge: My inspiration may have come from visiting many museums in Paris, France, with my grandmother in early childhood.

Patch: How long have you been an artist?

Roberge: I've always had an innate ability to draw and have been doing so, profusely, since I was about 2.

Patch: What art do you enjoy the most personally?

Roberge: I started working with reclaimed objects—wood, crab and oyster shells, bones, rocks and feathers—a few years ago. Prior to that I'd mainly drawn on paper and painted on canvas, wood and cardboard (with an occasional car and person). I'm hoping to develop my own niche. Annapolis is full of many talented artists, musicians, poets, writers and dancers. There is a lot of competition for attention, so I want to do something slightly different. I believe my favorite pieces are the ones that have been able to express the emotion, memory or thought I was feeling in the creative process.

Patch: Your grade school artwork: Still proud to display on the fridge? Or hard to believe you grew up to be an artist?

Roberge: I have many years worth of art all over the house, but none on the fridge.