Robin L Potter
Robin is a self-taught artist who has been greatly influenced by modernism. The literature and art of this period, when conventions of genre were broken and when visual artists sought to escape the boundaries of form, have had a lasting impact on her. Mondrian, Rothko, Motherwell, and Scully are among her favourite artists. While she enjoys her teaching career, her artistic practice recenters and restores. As an emerging artist, her work has appeared in corporate buildings, galleries, and juried shows in Toronto and Markham. She has also served as President of the Markham Group of Artists.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I work mostly in acrylic, yet also like to explore how different materials shape the meaning of the work. So while I love the collision of large elements in my pieces, I will also sometimes obsess over smaller materials that evoke multiple histories. Incorporating objects, writing, papers, fabric, and other materials into the work makes it vibrant with multidimensional intention and layers into the pieces shadows and texture that create open contexts ripe for interpretation. I work on paper, wood panels, heavy duty floor duck, but mostly on stretched gallery canvases.
Robin is a self-taught artist who has been greatly influenced by modernism. The literature and art of this period, when conventions of genre were broken and when visual artists sought to escape the boundaries of form, have had a lasting impact on her. Mondrian, Rothko, Motherwell, and Scully are among her favourite artists. While she enjoys her teaching career, her artistic practice recenters and restores. As an emerging artist, her work has appeared in corporate buildings, galleries, and juried shows in Toronto and Markham. She has also served as President of the Markham Group of Artists.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I work mostly in acrylic, yet also like to explore how different materials shape the meaning of the work. So while I love the collision of large elements in my pieces, I will also sometimes obsess over smaller materials that evoke multiple histories. Incorporating objects, writing, papers, fabric, and other materials into the work makes it vibrant with multidimensional intention and layers into the pieces shadows and texture that create open contexts ripe for interpretation. I work on paper, wood panels, heavy duty floor duck, but mostly on stretched gallery canvases.
$1,700.00
Acrylic on a gallery canvas.
36x36"
Where did that thought go? Can you find it here?
$100.00
Acrylic on canvas.
10.50x10.50x1"
A baroque frame creates an unexpected interplay between the past and and an abstract perspective depicted in the work.
$100.00
Acrylic on canvas.
10.50x10.50x1"
A baroque frame creates an unexpected interplay between the past and and an abstract perspective depicted in the work.
$950.00
Acrylic and latex on a gallery poly canvas.
23.50x35.50"
Old Souls explores the interplay of gravity and relationship through the use of heavy organic shapes and earthbound colors. The shapes hover in a gentle balance. The deep greens, blues, and terracotta evoke an affinity to the elements and the gravitational forces that keep us grounded and bound to the physical world and each other.
$100.00
Fibers, papers, and gel on watercolour paper.
11.50x11.50"
Exploring the depth and variety of textures and colours using mixed medium materials.
$100.00
Fibres, papers, and gel on watercolour paper.
11.50x11.50"
Set an a vintage frame, this piece guides, the viewer from a chaotic foreground to a calmer greener pasture.
$100.00
Papers, fibers, and gel on watercolour paper.
10x12x1"
Floral elements invite a closer look at complex mixed media designs.
$2,500.00
Acrylic, latex, and paper on a gallery canvas.
40x40"
The Kiss is a mesmerizing abstract painting that invites viewers to interrogate the composition and decomposition as a form of making and undoing in intimate relationships. Large and small, soft-edged shapes evoke falling and recomposition. The accidental colour resonances evoke Mark Rothko’s iconic works, Untitled 1968 and No. 1 1961. Like an intimate embrace, this painting envelops the senses, leaving an indelible impression of passion.
$375.00
Acrylic on a gallery canvas.
12x12"
From the Defying Gravity series, this piece explores the weight of care and the slow relief of distress in two aspects.
$2,500.00
Acrylic, latex, and paper on a gessoed gallery canvas.
40x40"
From the Defying Gravity series, this piece explores the weight and lightness of being. As elements shift and tumble, they interact with each other to seemingly find some stability in an uncertain world.
$2,500.00
Acrylic and latex on a gallery canvas.
40x40"
From the Defying Gravity series, this piece explores tensions of and between genders along with the fine and imperfect balance necessary for creating a peaceful life.
$675.00
Acrylic and paper on gallery canvas.
16x20"
From the Defying Gravity series, this work explores weight in terms of relationships and negotiation.