The Gallery and Blog of Robin Brooks Artist
People Plus Center on Union Street in Brunswick is hosting Winter Work, an exhibit of fifteen landscape-inspired artworks through February, 2020 at the Center. I’m delighted to offer this sampling of works inspired by my explorations in the midcoast area, from the Frank J. Wood Bridge and Bowdoin Mill to Mackworth Island and Gilsland Farm, […]
What does it mean to be a woman and an artist? How did being a woman affect my experiences as an art student in some of the most prestigious art schools in the country? Now that “Me Too” has exploded across the media, powerful women are talking about the humiliations and abuses they have endured to simply learn […]
On Saturday, May 12, which coincidentally was World Collage Day, I offered a three-hour collage workshop at the Harlow.
Light through the Trees, Mixed Media Collage, 2017` My collages often include painted papers, bits of prints, direct stamp printing on the surface, under and over-painting with acrylics, charcoal drawing, and textured or printed papers. How many of these can you see in this collage–Light through the Trees? My work is about […]
When someone purchases a work of art, it can be like falling in love. Earlier this spring I received an email from a man who had purchased “Rocks, Sea, and Sky” where it was on display at a local Brunswick restaurant. He had been dining there with a friend and she couldn’t figure out why […]
Introduction: I am taking part in a printmaking adventure with at least eleven other artists. The “One of a Kind” monotype group I showed with in September of 2010 joined with some members of the Circling the Square Press community. We all agreed to be paired in random fashion with another printmaker and we drew […]
Works on Paper 2011 opens on Monday November 7 at the Gallery Hair Studio and Spa at 10 Main Street in Topsham and will remain on display through December 31st. Gallery Hair is located on Main Street diagonally across from the Bowdoin Mill and just over the Frank Wood Memorial Bridge, a short walk from […]
Organized by Abby Shahn, the globes show was an open and participatory exhbit for artists to create their view of the world, seen or unseen. After much planning, Abby received permission from business owners in downtown Skowhegan to allow us to install our globes in empty storefronts on the main street of town. The artists […]
I recently came across a book called Still Life with Oysters and Lemon by Mark Doty. (Beacon Press, Boston, 2001) which speaks directly to the power of objects as interpreted by artists in still life painting. In it, the author says,” To think through things, that is the still life painter’s work–and the poet’s. Both […]
At last evening’s opening reception for Whiteout, I decided to wear the coat that inspired the drawing. This photograph was taken by one of the Gallery 5 staff members. The photo caught me with my eyes closed, conveying a dreamy sense. It looks as though the coat is transporting me to a time and place […]