Bruised Apples and Sweet Compote: Bringing the Past to Life

by Robin Brooks | Sep 30, 2026 | News and Events, Stories of Our Foremothers, Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized

(a Foremothers story) While picking up apple drops I hear a voice from the past I have been going outside in the morning and gathering apple drops that keep falling from our Cortland apple tree. This morning was no exception. Wondrously, our tree has a bountiful crop...

New Work! Our Exhibit is Now on View at Curtis Library

by Robin Brooks | Sep 3, 2026 | Collage, News and Events, Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized

Robin Brooks and Charlotte Agell smiling after completing the installation at Curtis Library, September 1, 2026. Photo credit: Melissa Hall Installation Complete! New Work is now on view at Curtis Library The meeting room at Curtis Library is a welcoming space, and...

Join me on my new SubStack–Art Matters

by Robin Brooks | Jun 15, 2026 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized

I recently visited the city of Montreal primarily to attend the Jazz Festival there. We also trekked to the Botanical Garden where my husband Jon snapped this photo. Join me at Art Matters–my SubStack platform Thank you for following me here on robinbrooksart...

A Thinking Artist–Spring and New Beginnings

by Robin Brooks | Apr 11, 2026 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning

The Grand, collage on paper, 18″ x 12″, 2026 I am a thinking artist who paints abstractly What does it mean to be a thinking artist who paints abstractly? When I use the term “abstract” I am talking about art that doesn’t directly...

Full Moon Brings Light and Art to our World

by Robin Brooks | Mar 3, 2026 | News and Events, Tai Chi with Robin, Teaching and Learning

Lines from Life 3, acrylic on canvas paper, 18 x 18″, 2026 Light and art–learning to see As one winter month rolls into the next and the full moon shines once again, I find myself in the studio. Currently I am working through the fifth exercise of the...

Maine’s UMVA Starts 2026 With Events and Exhibits

by Robin Brooks | Jan 7, 2026 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized

I’ve been a member of Maine’s artist union, the Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA), since the early 1990’s. We are energized like never before! UMVA members have organized a variety of public events and exhibits around the state. To start, this...