Robin Reynolds

Queen Anne’s Lace & Hydrangea

oil on birch panel

30” x 30”

2019

I embrace the notion of beauty and create luminous, lush, layered surfaces outside painting plein air from spring to fall in my backyard garden in North Brookfield. I paint and find inspiration watching the life cycle of nature. The flowers and plants act as a catalyst, allowing me to manipulate paint and create a dance between abstraction and representation. In my paintings I strive to capture the essence of a place through its growth, bloom and decay. I want people to experience that heightened awareness and see beauty in our vulnerable environment.

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Orange Lily With Stamen

oil on panel

8” x 8”

2022

Orange Lily

oil on panel

6” x 6″

2022

Into The Forest We Go

oil on panel

36” x 36”

2021

The Three Graces

oil on panel

36” x 36”

2022

Orange Viburnum Calling

oil on panel

30” x 30”

2021

Transition in Pink

oil on panel

24” x 24”

2021

Orange Zinnia

oil on panel

24” x 24”

2022

Where Are The Zinnias

oil on panel

24” x 24”

2022

Poppy with Pink stripe

oil on panel

18” x 18”

2022

Gripping Blooms II

oil on panel

18” x 18”

2021

Enticement

oil on panel

12″ x 12”

2021

Purple Lantana

oil on panel

12” x 12”

2022

Yellow Lantana

oil on panel

12” x 12”

2022

Pink Lily

oil on panel

6” x 12”

2022

Robin Reynolds

Into the Forest We Go

Inspired by: Robert Adams, Bulldozed Slash

oil on panel

36” x 36”

2021

Robert Adam’s photograph, Bulldozed Slash, Tillamook County, Oregon encases the very essence of why I paint outside in nature. The complexities are found everyday, between the beauty and the disasters that are ongoing everywhere. The simple question, “Will my garden grow?”, takes on more significance as the climate crisis has yet to be taken as a real threat to the environment. As a plein air painter, I embrace this notion of beauty and create luminous, lush layered surfaces manipulating paint to create a dance between abstraction and representation. In my painting, Into The Forest We Go, I was fascinated with the depths of the dark woods against the beauty and fragility of the burgeoning lilies. The yellow flowers encapsulated my vision of hope through their growth, bloom and decay.

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Robin Reynolds

Lessons in Green

vintage fabric and lace, vintage gardening and children’s books, acrylic paint, yarn

24” x 24”

2023

I am primarily a plein air painter, but I began making collages during the winter months to relive the beauty and memory of my summer garden. I create “painted collages” by layering transparencies from vintage gardening encyclopedias, linocut prints, antique lace, and a wide range of alternative mixed media. My process is improvisational, slowly building the collage surface by cutting, piecing, and layering diverse materials and manipulating varied mark-making. I construct complex works on paper that provide intricate texture, line, and color up close, and form, depth, and space from afar—a rich, year-round experience of the garden.

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