A career artist, Robertson has worked in the cosmetics and fashion industry, beginning in Toronto alongside the founders of MAC Cosmetics, and most recently in creative development at the Estee Lauder Companies. He also launched American Marie Claire before redesigning American Glamour with Conde Nast and Hearst. Today, Robertson is a creative director at the cosmetics giant Estée Lauder, where he develops products and devises marketing campaigns. Other times he’s @Drawbertson, an illustrator with 131,000 followers on Instagram, whose fashion-savvy work has graced T-shirts sold at J.Crew and been shown in galleries in New York and Paris. Balancing the two callings requires dedication—Robertson wakes up at four every morning and paints in his underwear for four hours before heading into the office—but his working life and his artist life often intersect. At last December’s Art Basel, for instance, Robertson celebrated the launch of a new lipstick by painting dozens of pairs of lips on a Cadillac and driving it around the fair, handing out samples.

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