Rob R's Art Blog

Community Open Show

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:33:00 +0000

Linn and Benton County, Oregon artists, the next exhibition at the LaSells Stewart Center is the 4th Annual Community Art Exhibit. The application is available and artwork must be delivered by June 30.

Watercolor Exhibit Reception@ OSU

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 02:20:00 +0000

A reception for the current Watercolor Exhibit at Giustina Gallery in Corvallis is happening Wednesday night, June 10, at 6:30. Paintings by 44 Oregon watercolor painters, members of the Watercolor Society of Oregon, are on display now through the end of the month.

A new DVD by Gerald Brommer

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:42:00 +0000

Jerry Brommer has a new DVD available called From Line and Shape... to Complex Surfaces. At Cheap Joe's. Line and shape are explored using interesting techniques with watercolor, collaage and gesso.

22 Local WSO artists showing at the Giustina Gallery

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:07:00 +0000

Twenty members of the Oregon Watercolor Society who live in the vicinity of Corvallis are showing paintings along with the WSO Spring Exhibition Traveling Show at the OSU Giustina Gallery.
Those members are Tom Allen, Susan Bourdet, Judy Findley, Caly Garris, Shirley Gorman, Kathryn Honey, Marjorie Kinch, Karen Kreamer, Doyle Leek, Jane Ann Lehr, Nancy McMorris, Hope Carter Meados, Karen Murray, Mary Ambrosse (Molly) Perry, Lynn Powers, Monte Preston, Rob R. Robinson (me), Marnie Ross, Michelle Jondrow Schultz, Terry Tallis, Angelyn Christy Voss, Caroline Waterman. These members come from a number of surrounding communities besides Corvallis - Albany, Lebanon, Jefferson, Scio, and Sweet Home.

Current Exhibit at the LaSells Stewart Center

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:49:00 +0000

Red Sky at Night

Like the one posted yesterday, this painting is also being displayed at the Giustina Gallery at the LaSells Stewart Center in Corvallis with the Watercolor Society of Oregon Exhibit during June.

Watercolor Society of Oregon Show - OSU Giustina Gallery

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:00:00 +0000

Opening today at the Giustina Gallery at Oregon State University is the Watercolor Society of Oregon traveling exhibition. The twenty paintings in the traveling show will be supplemented by works of WSO members local to the Corvallis area.
Here is one of the two paintings I have in the show:

Pathway

Albany Back Alley

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:13:00 +0000

Trying a new technique detailed by Jerry Brommer in his new DVD, "From Line and Shape... To Complex Surfaces." The DVD should be available soon. This one involves ink drawing, painting, collage, painting, and more ink sketching to buil a rich surface with texture and depth.

Painted Collage 11/08 #4

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:06:00 +0000

Painted Collage 11/08 #2

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:15:00 +0000

Merry Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:24:00 +0000

Painted Collage 11/08 #1

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:04:00 +0000

Painted Collage 12/23/08

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:52:00 +0000

The right medium, the right technique, the right size

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:23:00 +0000

In approaching a glacier as an art subject, medium and technique are two important considerations. They both depend on the point of the artwork - I want to convey the feeling of that first encounter.

In thinking about the glacier in last Wednesday’s post, a few thinks come to mind:

The luminous, ethereal blue of the glacier ice, contrasted with the warmer colored fog which enclosed the bay, the metallic look of the water surface with ice floating in it, but the most important is the ice.

Acrylic paint and a layered approach seem to be the best way to produce the way the ice looked/”felt” - the layers to give depth to the color, incredible light and presence of the ice. That presence also seems to require a large painting.

But , before starting on the large painting, tests on a smaller scale are needed…

Touch of Fall

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:11:00 +0000

The touch of fall is coming to the Willamette Valley. Colors are changing, temperatures are getting cooler, a little rain - a great time of year.

Glacier Bay

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:21:00 +0000

I recently saw Glacier Bay and it is as amazing as I have always heard. There was plenty of inspiration for a whole series of paintings. One of the photos from the trip is above.

Corvallis Fall Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:02:00 +0000

A reminder from a previous post - the Corvallis Fall Festival happens this weekend, Sept 27-28. Check out this year's festival poster by Donna Beverly - on the festival home page.

Northwest Art & Air Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:18:00 +0000

Local artists will be giving demonstrations at the Northwest Art & Air Festival (click on the Art tab) in Albany from Friday August 22nd thru Sunday, August 24. Artists include painters Billie and Michael Moore and Diane Widler Wenzel and many others. A number of artists will also have booths at the festival. Other highlights of the festival are the launch of hot air balloons and the "night glow."

Sally B. Bailey Exhibit

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:52:00 +0000

Hood River artist, Sally Bills Bailey, has an exhibit of her wonderful, colorful paintings at the Gorge White House thru August.

Caradon Exhibit

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:18:00 +0000

I saw a very enjoyable new exhibit today, one that is a collaboration between two artists... on individual paintings. Both artists, Carolee Clark and Donna Beverly, work on each painting and the resulting paintings are surprisingly cohesive as a group. Wonderful colors and design come through.
If you are in the Corvallis (Oregon) area, stop in at the Pegasus Gallery to see the exhibit which runs through August. On August 14, there is a reception at which the artists will talk about the collaborative process.
See examples of the paintings at www.caradonart.com.

New Entry for the Corvallis Fall Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:52:00 +0000

"Tides"
Painted Collage, 40" x 30"

At the Corvallis Fall Festival - September 26 - 28, 2008

Flower Collage

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:09:00 +0000

Another collage made from flower petals, giving the flowers a second life. Lots of great texture and some color. In this one there are orchid, hydrangea, rose, clematis, weigelia and probably a few other types of flower petals.

Opalescence

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:44:00 +0000

"Opalescence"

This painting is in the Community Exhibit at the Oregon State University LaSells Stewart Center through the month of July along with works by about 130 local artists.
The painting is titled for the look of opal in some of the passages with colors shining from beneath the surface. Irridescent paint helped give it that effect. (Click on the image to see a larger view)

Happy 4th

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:58:00 +0000

A red, white and blue painting for the holiday.

Beware mildew

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:52:00 +0000

On a recent trip to Georgia, I saw what mildew had done to one of my old drawings that had been temporarily stored in a garage that was too humid. It is sad. Be careful or mildew can ruin a piece of art (brown stain above).

Flower Petal Collage

noreply@blogger.com (Rob R Robinson) — Fri, 30 May 2008 14:29:00 +0000

This is one of several of my recent collages whose surface is made completely of flower petals. This original collage will be part of a raffle for the Linn County (OR) Master Gardeners Garden Tour. Raffle tickets will be available at the Master Gardeners demo garden at the fairgrounds, one of the 8 stops on the tour. More info on the Garden Tour...