Bolt 40 Ledger

 Many of his works are in the form of the plains Ledger Art Style.. The Ledger Art Style originated from captive American Indians who were imprisoned because they were considered hostile. Some of these artists were put in places like Fort Robinson, Nebraska & Fort Marion, Florida. While imprisoned they were given discarded Accounting Ledgers to draw on. The Plains Indian was accustomed to spending the winters creating art and storytelling. This was called the Winter Count and the Indian transitioned the  "Winter Count"   tradition into what often became artist journal accounts in the Ledger Books.

Often times some of the Indians were imprisoned for going off Reservation to hunt the Buffalo. The Buffalo were used for many purposes, one of which was hide paintings upon which the   "Winter Count"   was recorded. The Buffalo was killed by soldiers and Buffalo hunters in order to starve the Indian into submission. 15 million buffalo were killed and it is estimated that this was the approximate number of Indians who were massacred. Robert considers his art Resistance Art. He has a history of social justice activism combined with being a chronicler and artist.

"We  are still here. We are not Invisible. . . And as far as this "Indian" is concerned, We all live in a Tipi called the United States of America."