Early Life and Artistic Foundations Robert Stackhouse, born in Bronxville, New York, in 1942, embarked on a journey that would establish him as a significant figure in American sculpture and painting. His formative years took an unexpected turn when his family relocated to Polk County, Florida, in 1954. This move proved pivotal, immersing the young Stackhouse in a landscape of lakes, fishing camps, and the raw beauty of nature—an environment that would deeply imprint itself upon his artistic sensibility. Graduating from Auburndale High School in 1960, he carried with him the echoes of those…