ARTIST STATEMENT  

I spend many hours exploring the natural environment of Mississippi. The mysteries within the swamps, creek beds, and hardwood forests keep me exhilarated and full of questions; this, above all things, is the driving force of my painting. However, great artistic influence comes to me from two converging directions. The first is a color language used to describe light and atmosphere by working directly from nature, as taught by Sammy Britt. The second are in the creative influences coming from the spirit of the work and lives of several artists: Walter Anderson, Charles Burchfield, Emily Carr, Andy Goldsworthy, Mary Oliver, and Georgia O’keefe.

Painting feeds my curiosity, sharpens my senses, and deepens my awareness of life – I hope my work reflects a fraction of the beauty I experience.
   
BIOGRAPHY
Robin Whitfield is a professional painter, choosing to work out of doors. With watercolors and oils she studies the seasons, weather, plants, animals and geology of the Mississippi landscape. She received her BFA in painting from Delta State University in 1996, continuing to study with her professor Sammy Britt. She has worked with the Grenada School District as designer and painter for the Walls That Teach interdisciplinary historical mural project through three MAC grants and a National Geographic Society grant.
Robin has worked for three consecutive years as a painting instructor for the BPAC Summer Arts Institute at DSU as well as for the Summer Discovery Program at the Cottonlandia Museum in Greenwood. She has also taught mural painting for the Kaleidoscope Arts Program at the MS Museum of Art in Jackson, MS. She is currently working at Tie Plant Alternative School as a Core Arts instructor for Communities In Schools of Greenwood Leflore Inc. When she’s not in her outdoor studio/kayak, her work can be viewed at her downtown studio in Grenada, in occasional shows across the state or anytime at her online gallery, www.robinwhitfield.com .
 
 

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