All my life I have been drawing and painting. After studies at Miami art school and working as a commercial artist, I continued my fine art studies and received a BA in studio art from Roger Williams College. Before moving to Sonoma County I lived and painted in the Hudson River Valley and took my paints with me to Europe and Israel where I was the first international artist to work at the newly established atelier, the Jerusalem Print Workshop, and exhibited at the Florence Miller Gallery there.
In New York I exhibited in the annual juried exhibits of the Audubon Artists, the Salmagundi Club, Hudson River Contemporary Artists, Hudson Valley Art Association and had solo shows at a number of galleries in the New York area and in Vermont. I received awards at national competitions of the American Watercolor Society, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe, and the Beaux Arts of Westchester and many local exhibitions.
Since moving to Sonoma County I have been painting the countryside and drama of the north coast. My work has been shown at Sonoma State University, at the Ren Brown Collection in Bodega Bay, Gallery One in Petaluma, Graton Gallery, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, galleries in New York and Florida, and many years of Art Trails and Art at the Source open studios in Sonoma County.
I love the process of painting. The medium of watercolor requires control and yet is full of surprise. The spontaneity and freshness of watercolor have made it my favorite medium for many years. My paintings are a direct response to my visual environment. I had the blessing of working with some of the finest watercolor teachers who advanced the contemporary appreciation of watercolor and who inspired me. Among these were Edgar Whitney, John Pike, Chen Chi and Charles Reid. I also work as a printmaker. Combining painting and printmaking I arrive at monotypes, through which I achieve different effects than from direct painting, and freer artistic expression than is possible in many other print media.
The Art Of Ruth Robinson 