A Brief Bio
I was born in Eugene, Oregon, grew up in Kansas City and in San Antonio.. I recently lived in Taos, New Mexico, and now make my home in Portland, Oregon.
Artist's Statement
I think of creating art as a "dreaming meditation", as I follow
where my subconscious stirrings lead me. During my teens, I began to
have an intense interest in my dreams. Their lyrical symbolism
intrigued me, and keeping a journal led to painting illustrations of dream content. Eventually,
this evolved into dreaming as I painted. My interests in archetypal
psychology, spirituality, metaphysics, the natural sciences, and art
history are also apparent in my works.
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My
explorations of painting began with oils on canvas, expanding
to painting on panels, then carved wood, and eventually glass and plexiglass.
Feeling a need to break into layers of space, I currently paint on layers
of plexiglass which are stacked in a shadow-box frame. I tend to work
in a manner of free-association, or sometimes from a collage or drawing...
though everything changes once the painting begins.
I created a title for this website which includes "dimensional paintings on glass" because I wanted to make sure that the viewer understands immediately that there is a dimensional aspect to the work that does not always translate well in a flat image. Though this medium of layered paintings is my primary mode of working, I do still create many panel paintings and collages.
Robin
Urton received her BFA from the University of Texas at San Antonio and
her MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, in Michigan. She has taught
art at San Antonio College, the University of the Incarnate Word, and
the Southwest School of Arts and Crafts. |
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