Roberta’s Story

Roberta  Anslow, an Orleans resident, is an award-winning photographer who specializes in original, natural light photography and digital art collages. Her work reflects her love of and fascination with the world around her.  Cape Cod inspires her more than any other location as it’s been her family home since the early 1900s. The uniqueness of the Cape Cod light and subject matter is perfect for outdoor photographers. 

She developed an affinity for the sea as a young girl, summering with both sets of grandparents in Orleans and sailing with her father on Nantucket Sound and Cape Cod Bay. As an adult, she extended her passion to exploring the warm waters of the Caribbean and South Pacific.

Roberta’s  “Fresh Catch Series”, is a more colorful, whimsical, reinterpretation of traditional memento mori themes, as seen in Dutch still-lifes. Fresh Catch, focuses on the vibrancy of fish in death. Her piece, “Red Fish, Dead Fish” was chosen for a curated group exhibition, “Cruel Sea: Law of the Fishes” at the Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, MA  Sept. 2012 - March 2013.

 
 
 

Her photographs printed on aluminum entitled “Primordial Pond” and “Red Fish, Dead Fish” are part of Danforth's permanent collection 

Anslow has exhibited her work throughout New England, including Cape Cod Arts Center, Danforth Art Museum, Cambridge Art Association, Concord Art Association, Hyannis Town Hall, Post Road Art Center, and the Wayside Inn Gallery.

Roberta, an original board member of the Orleans Art Cottages was instrumental in bringing its vision to fruition. She was also a season-long artist and site manager for 7 years.

Roberta is currently an artist member and manager of Coastal Craft Gallery in Orleans.

 
 
 
 

 Expert Printer

Roberta started printing her own work at the start of her photography career to ensure the museum quality, color authenticity, and consistent reproduction of her work. All of her prints are giclees. They are printed with archival quality inks on a variety archival of surfaces including canvas, vinyl, and paper of different textures and weights. This process ensures high quality color accuracy and prints that are light-fast and not water-soluble.

She has a wide-format Canon Inkjet Printer, that is 42” wide. This allows her to print variety her photos in a variety of sizes. Her cards and calendars are printed on a Canon Pro-10. All inks are archival.

The only product not done her studio are aluminum prints. These are sent to Bayphoto, who she believes is the best in the business.