by Robin Brooks | Sep 8, 2021 | Stories of Our Foremothers, Uncategorized
Sue West shares a visual story of her foremothers Stories of Our Foremothers continues with this story from Sue West. Sue is a wonderful multi-talented artist who recently retired from teaching art at the Maine Coast Semester at Chewonki....
by Robin Brooks | Jan 12, 2020 | Notes from the Studio, Uncategorized
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...
by Robin Brooks | Jun 10, 2018 | An Art Teacher's Journal, Notes from the Studio
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...
by Robin Brooks | May 14, 2018 | An Art Teacher's Journal, Notes from the Studio
On Saturday, May 12, which coincidentally was World Collage Day, I offered a three-hour collage workshop at the Harlow. The Tao of Collage starts with the One. The One: Take one sheet of black paper and make one cut. Arrange the paper, both positive and negative, on a...
by Robin Brooks | May 9, 2018 | An Art Teacher's Journal, Notes from the Studio
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...
