About
While my paintings are inspired by landscape - they are less about a particular geographic location and more about a state of mind. — Marrin Robinson
My work is inspired by the landscape. I start by working on site drawing in ink, then adding watercolor and pastel to capture the essence of the scene in front of me. Works on paper are taken into the studio and become the inspiration for my larger, more abstract oil paintings. While the work starts from landscape, it is more about a state of mind than a geographic location.
From 1987-2011 I taught Art at colleges and universities in the United States and abroad, including as Associate Professor at The Colorado College and seven years at The American University in Cairo where we started the major in Art while I was Unit Head. From 2011-2017 I worked as an advisor to the art students at Kansas State University.
My artist residencies have been at The American College of Greece; The University of Hawaii, Hilo; The Ragdale Foundation and a Fulbright Grant to paint for a year in Portugal.
I am very grateful for the opportunities I have had to travel to create series that range from the ancient city of Petra, Jordan to the monasteries in Meteora, Greece and the lakeside palaces in Udaipur, India. The little desert town of Siwa in Egypt and the Badlands in South Dakota while separated by continents, have a similar allure for me. My studios in Kansas and Vermont allowed me to paint regularly from the prairie and Flint Hills and the Vermont fall foliage.