by Robin Brooks | May 7, 2026 | News and Events, Stories of Our Foremothers
Light and Art to Table–Two wonderful group shows open May 9 What a good problem I have–two openings on one afternoon! The date is this Saturday, May 9th when Art to Table at Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset and Light at the L.C. Bates Museum in Hinckley, two...
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...
by Robin Brooks | Nov 13, 2025 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning
How creative ideas are born Where do our best, most creative ideas come from? I want to be clear that I’m not just speaking about ideas for art-making but also how we solve other problems confronting us. Creativity is a fundamental tool in the human toolbox that...
by Robin Brooks | Oct 1, 2024 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning
My Non-Traditional Portraits I was asked to write about my coats and purses for an issue on Portraits. You can find my Portraits article here: “Purple Coats, Purses, and People: My Non-Traditional Portraits.” The entire “Portraits and Beyond”...
by Robin Brooks | Sep 28, 2024 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning
Playing with Abstraction: Nocturne Playing with abstraction, or simplifying form, has been the dominant mode of 20th century art, and in truth it is the way I see. I don’t see things in freeze frame like a photograph. But releasing the need for imagery is...
