About the artist

Robin Reynolds

Robin Reynolds paints plein-air (outdoors) from spring to fall and works indoors with collage in the winter. Finding inspiration in the cyclical patterns of nature, she creates luminous, lush, layered surfaces. She considers her garden a sanctuary. An intuitive approach of playful and energetic mark making begins a process of looking, layering, wiping away and building up of a surface celebrating the exuberance of color and line found within nature. Instead of depicting a time-anchored botanical or geographical exactitude Reynolds works in a series of three to seven sittings welcoming weather and the passage of days to transform her viewpoint. The garden serves solely as a guide for her organic process within her outside studio.

Reynolds has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Jurors Prize and Best Painting Awards at the Arts Worcester Biennial; as well as residencies at Millay Colony, Dorland Mountain Arts and Vermont Studio Center. She is represented by numerous galleries and has exhibited throughout the United States, including Soprafina Gallery in Boston,Cynthia Winings in Blue Hill, ME, Gerald Peters Gallery in Santa Fe, NM and Prince Street Gallery in NYC. Reynolds holds a BA from Colby College, a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and an MFA from the Savannah College of Art & Design. She lives and works in North Brookfield, MA.