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Artist Statement Throughout my childhood, if there was an opportunity to create art, I grabbed it. Pursuing a degree in Psychology after raising my family, I threw myself into as many art classes as I could while still earning my college degree, a lifelong dream. Some people journal, taking up paper and pencil to make sense of their world. For me, paper and pencil long ago gave way to canvas, paint and brush. It is my daily joy to paint, drawing from memory and imagination as I work. It is a conversation between the paints and me, between the image in my mind and the image as it unfolds upon the canvas. Sometimes the conversation goes as planned: an abandoned boathouse, sitting shoulder high in wild grasses, gazes out upon Lake Superior. Other times the conversation detours, sending me into directions never anticipated: prairie gives way to seascape; vineyards to forests of birch. Seldom, if ever, is a work entirely planned. I paint until the conversation comes to a mutually comfortable resting place. In that moment the canvas has accepted, and now reflects, the day's emotions: passion, joy, fury, peace. If there is a common thread in my work, it is nature. Like those who journal, painting is my doorway to making sense of the world, capturing with my brushes all that I see in order to share this sacred and exhilarating conversation with my viewer. Biography My love for art began in early childhood and has always been a significant part of my life. Painting and designing clothes in beautiful colors for my paper dolls was how it started. Since then, I've taken numerous art classes and workshops and studied with talented artists around the country. I went to college to become an Art Therapist and graduated with a B.A. in Psychology in 1997, taking art classes as electives. I liked the art process more than the psychology of it. I was born in Duluth, Minnesota and lived in the St. Paul area until after graduation and my husband's retirement. We then traveled for a couple of years until we moved from Minnesota to Eureka Springs in 1998. I still love the Northwoods and my subject matter is inspired by that memory. This is my fourth year having my own gallery/studio at The Art Colony in Eureka Springs. I have won numerous awards and have been honored with a solo exhibit at the Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale, Arkansas in May, 2007. A pen and ink drawing, "Only Memories" was selected as one of the 28 pieces to be exhibited at the first juried exhibit of Crystal Bridges at the Massey in Bentonville, Arkansas. Education B.A. Psychology -
Metropolitan state University, St. Paul, MN Galleries The Art
Colony Solo Exhibitions Arts
Center of the Ozarks, Springdale, AR - May, 2007 Group Exhibitions
Crystal Bridges at the Massey - May to
July 28, 2008
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Copyright 2010 a soulful painter &
Barbara Robinson
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