ROBBIE AUSTIN
PAINTING | MIXED MEDIA
ARTIST STATEMENT
My current works explore color, line, form, and pattern and are created on used field book paper. I began working with field books after a hurricane blew my tree and treehouse onto a neighbor’s property, exposing a trove of material. She had boxes and boxes of these old books. I was enchanted. The paper is stormproof. It’s infused with resin and has an inherent object-ness. The original code-like markings make for dynamic and romantic springboards of compositional play. I react to it. My son tells me these works are treasure maps. I say treasure chests. — Robbie Austin ARTIST BIO
I’m an artist, a teacher, a father, and a husband – though that order fluctuates regularly. I live in a 100-year-old house, in the town I was born, and I teach at the high school I graduated from. Louisiana “bookends” my pilgrimage. CalArts outfitted my art and philosophy. UCLA cultivated it. Los Angeles gave way to Houston. Houston gave way to a studio fire and creative output shifted to my growing family. Louisiana called. We answered. I’ve exhibited from Los Angeles to New York, Houston to Frankfurt, and several places in between. — Robbie Austin Purchase available paintings in Robbie's Shop www.robbieaustin.com |
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