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.
$375.00
Acrylic and paper on a gallery canvas.
12x12"
From the Defying Gravity series, Clay is weight deftly balanced on more weight as gravity anchors the shapes into a stable state.
$375.00
Mixed media on a gallery canvas.
12x12"
From the Defying Gravity series, the table in its gravitas, appears to float and almost effortlessly predict the weight of the assembly.
$1,200.00
Mixed media on a gallery poly canvas.
36x12"
From the Stone Stories series, this piece explores the textural surface of stone and its gradients of colour. Solid shapes serve as counterpoints and emphasize volume and emptiness.
$375.00
Mixed media on a gallery canvas.
12x12"
From the Defying Gravity series, the mystery deepens as we glimpse into an elevator what is going on there, suspended neither here nor there?
$600.00
Acrylic on gallery canvas.
16x16"
From the Defying Gravity series, egg performs feats of strength as it serves to support and balance enormous weight!
$500.00
Acrylic on gallery canvas.
14x14"
From the stone Stories Series, this textural piece plays with shapes and the weight they may carry over time.
$2,000.00
Acrylic on gallery canvas.
40x40"
Intelligence is expressed in many forms and acquired through multiple senses.
$375.00
Acrylic on gallery canvas.
12x12"
Part of the Defying Gravity series, this piece bears the weight of influence. As options narrow, pivoting seems the only way.
$600.00
Mixed media on a composite panel (framed).
20.50x20.50"
Beautiful flowers created with paint and fabric dance in a circle of life. Adorned with a generous mat frame, this piece invites a closer reflection.
$675.00
Mixed media on a poly gallery canvas (framed).
18x18"
Adorned with a beautiful baroque frame, this floral piece contains many layers and offers a 3-D opulence that would grace any home.
$750.00
Mixed media on a cradled wood panel.
24x26"
Evoking a 3-D perspective through the use of fabrics of different thickness, this piece celebrates abundance, contrasting with a plain background.
$700.00
Mixed media on a gallery canvas.
24x24"
AI releases are so unsettling these days. My black and white series attempts to capture the conflicting forces of potential, inertia, and momentum in the face of this paradigm shift.
“If not here, where?” explores the sense of displacement and the need to feel situated.