Artwork Selection:  I typically work in series, which allows me to explore an idea or subject and express my intentions.

~ “Pond Series” a series of spontaneous watercolors inspired by wildlife and nature sightings in and around the pond on my parent’s farm with the plethora of sights, sounds, smells, and textures found in and around them.  I capture the momentary microcosm that caught my attention; the light, reflections, wildlife, and/or atmosphere through the organic and lively textures lifted from a spontaneous background of color.
~ “Equine Muse” is my ongoing series focused on the power, beauty, and mystery of the horse.  My lifelong love of horses and what they allow us to do with them is a constant source of inspiration to me.
~ “Fleeting Glimpses” is my ongoing series focused on capturing the rare and precious sightings of the creatures and environments surrounding us which we often miss noticing.
~ “Set Free” a collection of Robyn’s most recent wildlife artwork using the mechanisms of composition and arrangement, physical presentation, and the wildlife subjects’ characteristics as metaphorical tools for expressing the process of learning to live in freedom.

Techniques Represented:  I am easily bored and love to learn and experiment with various water-based and mixed media. I started in transparent watercolor, expanded to acrylics, and now enjoy mixed media.  The variety of “tools” in my artistic “toolbox” allows me freedom to use the best “tool” to convey my intent vs. being constrained by a single medium.

~ “Watercolor” is a beautiful medium, traditionally admired for transparency and exciting in its fluidity and spontaneity of wet-in-wet effects…  I will say that I do not produce “wimpy” watercolors and use them boldly and often opaquely, capitalizing on random textures and lifting of pigment.
~ “Acrylic” I typically use acrylics in a similar way as my watercolors, once dry it is does not lift easily and building up layers of glazes is easier as it does not lift and mix the earlier layers, risking mud instead of glowing color.
~ “Acrylic Layers” creates physical distance between each layer of paint or material with the effect of seeing “through” the actual layers.  It consists of multiple layers of transparent acrylic gel with paint, collage, and mixed media embedded between the layers, with selected areas exposing the layers beneath.  In addition to the visual and color depth achieved, the varied texture is very organic.
~ “Mixed Media & Collage” fun, fun, and more fun!  The sky is the limit and my creativity soars when the “rules” and constraints of a specific medium no longer apply! As I have introduced more surreal and symbolic elements into my paintings, the mixed-media and collage have facilitated expressing my ideas in exciting new ways.

Friends enjoying the “Through Field & Forest” Launch Party with me!