Meet
the Artist
"Robin's landscape
paintings are dramatic, full of light, shadow
and vibrant color and speak of her obvious love of the landscape."
Robin
Fahey Cameron grew up in a culturally rich and stimulating environment,
first in Maine and later in Sarasota, Florida. She was
drawing and painting from a very early age and was lucky enough to have
a family that valued these talents and encouraged them in her. She
received her BA in Studio Art with an emphasis on painting from the University of Minnesota in
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Through
the years, while still pursuing fine art, she also worked as a costume and set designer,
as an
advertising copywriter and graphic designer and as creative director for
a San Francisco graphic company. At the same time, she married,
raised a son, lived in various parts of the country, traveled, grew
beautiful gardens, went to graduate school for an MFA and continued to study and paint as well as explore other media
including ceramics and photography. In recent years she has concentrated
on landscape painting
She is a Signature Member of
En Couleur
a group of Colorists whose
roots are firmly planted in a fauvist tradition of rich color and free
brushwork. Robin lives on the Big Island of Hawaii, after residing
many years in Marin County, California. In Hawaii she is owner/director
of the Banana Gallery in Hawi and is also the owner/director of the
William Lester Gallery in Point Reyes Station, CA, one of the Bay Area's
finest art galleries.
Through the years she has retained a deep love of nature and of
being outdoors. Now living in Hawaii, renowned for its beautiful
scenery, she spends as much time as possible being outside and capturing
in her paintings the beauty of this very special place. Working "en plein-air" (outdoors) and also in her
studio, she paints with quick
energetic strokes on canvas or panels with a varied palette, lush
with vibrant color. Her emphasis is on the rich colors and textures
of nature and its subtle varieties and patterns of light and shadow. Robin
has exhibited widely through the years and her
works appear in collections both in the United States and abroad. Recently
she received an Honorable Mention in the National Juried Exhibition of
the American Impressionist Society. She is listed in Marquis Who's
Who in America.
Artist's
Statement
"The
beauty of the natural world inspires my art. I need to express the quiet
joy I feel in oak woods on a sun-washed afternoon, my sense of wonder at
the beauty of a sandstone canyon full of rich shadow at sunset, the
appeal of a narrow, winding path disappearing between tall trees. I
strive to recreate, my sense of wonder in these places.
I am
enchanted with the quality of light and the subtle yet rich variety of
colors of the landscape. The stark contrast of brilliant washes of
sunlight against pools of shadow and the complexity of forms layered
upon one another create rich abstractions that constantly fascinate me.
The hint of what lies beyond, the beckoning appeal of a path or road
disappearing into a thicket, all leave mysteries unrevealed that call to
me and draw me onward. When I paint, I feel this same anticipation. I
can't wait to see what's coming next.
Creativity
is a free-flowing, outward expressing of who we are and what we have
experienced and certainly what we wish to share. With my art I am
exposing what is in my heart, the way I feel about these places I love.
'Look
here! See this!'
If
you feel what I did, how wonderful. Yet if you feel something different,
or are moved in any way at all, I have succeeded in closing the gap
between us."
Robin Fahey Cameron
Born
1943
Bangor, Maine
Education
1968
Studio Art – Painting, Bachelor of Arts, University of
Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
1983
Graphic Arts/Copywriting, La Jolla Academy of Advertising Art
La Jolla, California, Valedictorian, Honors
1989
Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduate Studies, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Honors
Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in America
2001
Honorable Mention, American Impressionist Society, National
Juried Exhibit
Teaching/ Art Related Employment
1999-present
Owner/Director, Banana Gallery, Hawi, Hawaii
and of William Lester Gallery, Point Reyes Station,
California
1993-1998
Owner/Artist, Ravenridge Studio, Vista, California
1993
Instructor, Drawing Classes, Durango Arts Center, Durango,
Colorado
1990-1991
Member of Exhibit Committee, Durango Arts Center, Durango,
Colorado
1989-1998
Owner, Word Wise & Picture Perfect, Graphic Design
1986-1989
Creative Director, Twenty/Twenty Catalogue, San Francisco,
California
1984
– 1985
Graphic Designer/Copywriter, Western Word & Picture Company
Sausalito, California
1968-1969
Costume Designer College Theater, College of St. Benedict,
St. Joseph, Minnesota
1968
Technical Director/Costume Designer, Peppermint Tent
University of Minnesota Children’s Theater, Minneapolis,
Minnesota
Bibliography
2006
April, American Art Collector, "Flowers in the Landscape"
2003
July, Southwest Art Magazine, "Best of the West"
2002
February/march, Plein Air Scene, "Plein Talk."
2001
February/March, Plein Air Scene,
“Six Women En Couleur.”
May, Southwest Art Magazine, “Best of the West.”
2000
October, Southwest Art Magazine, “Start Your Collection
for Under $1,000.”
1995
April, The Durango Herald, “Points of View.”
Spring, Durango Arts Center, Arts Line
1992
Spring, Durango Arts Center, Arts Line
Affiliations
America
Impressionist Society
En
Couleur – Signature Member
Oil Painters of America
Represented by
William
Lester Gallery, Point Reyes Station, California
Banana Gallery, Hawi, Hawaii
For more information
or to purchase paintings
call (808) 889-1819 or
email
robin@thebananagallery.com
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