Robin Street-Morris, originally from St. Joseph, Michigan, is a working artist living in St. Louis, Missouri.  She graduated cum laude from the University of Michigan School of Art & Design in 2000 with a BFA in drawing, painting and photography.  

Robin's personal and commissioned works can be found in private collections worldwide and images of her art have been used for diverse purposes by various organizations, including the Government of Canada, the National Institutes of Health, and the Michigan Nature Association.

Statement:

Creating art was my primary interest throughout childhood and it has since become my profession.  Nearly all of my work is nature-inspired.  Sometimes I am compelled to show recognizable forms, other times I focus only on a pattern, color combination or phenomenon that lends itself well to either organic or geometric abstraction.  I am also inspired by the fairy tales and myths woven by various cultures to explain nature’s mysteries. 

My goal is to produce works that will hold one’s attention—works that can be contemplated repeatedly and that invite viewers to meditate on something as simple as a bit of luminous color or a graceful line.  I prefer to work small because doing so is conducive to my aim of creating an intimate viewing experience. 

While I have worked in a wide range of media, I always come back to watercolor, pastel and colored pencil, often combining two or all three of the latter in order to create a layered look that is at once saturated and translucent. In the case of my nature spirit series, the carving and lifting of paper results in lines that take on watercolor pigments heavily and shift once powdered pastel has been applied and blended, resulting in works evocative of something one might hope to catch a glimpse of.

"University of Michigan School of Art & Design 3rd Annual A&D Alumni Show" at the Slusser and Work galleries in Ann Arbor, Michigan from July 10th-August 7th, 2009,

2010 Wine Label Competition: 50 artists from around the world at JayKay Gallery in Carrouge, Switzerland from June 6th-June 27th, 2009,

"Landscapes/Dreamscapes", jurors Karen Hafsett Nye, Founder and Director, JayKay Gallery, Carrouge, Switzerland and Juliette Pelletier, Founder and Director of Reflect-arts, Inc., New York, NY, 
in Carrouge, Switzerland from April 4th-May 30th, 2009,

 Japan Grand Prix International Orchid Festival 2009,
Tokyo Dome, February 14th-February 22nd,

Orchid Society of Greater St. Louis Show at the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis, Missouri from January 31st-February 1st, 2009, Trophy for Best of Class,

"Art St. Louis XXIV, The Exhibition", juror Mark Masuoka, Executive Director/Chief Curator, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska, at Art Saint Louis in St. Louis, Missouri from November 3rd, 2008-December 30th, 2008,

Mid-America Orchid Congress Fall 2008 and Greater Cincinnati and Miami Valley Orchid Societies'
Fall Show at Kings Island Convention Center in Mason, Ohio, September 5th, 6th and 7th, 2008,
Trophy for Best of Class,

"Connecting 2008: The U-M Art & Design Alumni Show" at the Slusser and Work galleries in Ann Arbor, Michigan from July 16th-August 8th, 2008,

 Illinois Orchid Society Spring Show, Chicago Botanic Gardens in Glencoe, Illinois from April 5th-6th, 2008, Trophy for Best of Class,

Japan Grand Prix International Orchid Festival 2008, Tokyo Dome, February 23rd-March 2,

"Art St. Louis XXIII, The Exhibition", juror Bruce Guenther, Chief Curator, Portland Art Museum, Oregon, at Art Saint Louis in St. Louis, Missouri from November 12th, 2007-January 3, 2008,

the "9th Annual Abstraction Juried Online International Exhibition", Juror Larry Bradshaw, Curator, Professor of Art, which opened on October 1st, 2007 at UptreamPeopleGallery.com,

"Reconnecting: The U-M Art & Design Alumni Show" at the Slusser and Work galleries in Ann Arbor, Michigan from July 13th-August 10th, 2007,

Mid-America Orchid Congress Spring 2007 and Illinois Orchid Society Spring Show, Chicago Botanic Gardens in Glencoe, Illinois from April 27th-29th, 2007, Trophy for Best of Class,

"3rd Annual- PaperWork In, On, and of Paper", a group exhibition at Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles, Missouri from January 12th-February 23rd, 2007,

"Watermark 2006", a group exhibition of works on paper at Studio 107 in Whiteville, North Carolina, from February 6th to March 3rd, 2006,

the "7th Annual Abstraction Juried Online International Exhibition" which opened on October 1st, 2005 at UptreamPeopleGallery.com,

a group show, "ThirdStone's Greatest Hits" at ThirdStone Gallery in Saugatuck, Michigan from mid-June to mid-July, 2005,

a one person show at Pentamere Winery in Tecumseh, Michigan from May 14th to June 14th, 2004,

a group show, "Efflorescence", at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin from May 3rd to July 28th, 2003,

a traveling group show, "2002 Artists Among Us", sponsored by the Wayne County Council for Arts, History and Humanities at the Ford Community & Performing Arts Center in Dearborn, Madonna University Gallery in Livonia, National Conference of Artists Gallery in Detroit and the Grosse Pointe Artists Association Gallery in Grosse Pointe, Michigan,

a one person show at Animalia Gallery in Ann Arbor from November to December of 2001,

a one person show through the Ann Arbor Art Center's Off Site Program at Espresso Royal Café in June-August of 2000,

a group show at the Media Union Gallery in Ann Arbor (arranged by Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Taro Yamasaki) called "Contact: Connections, 18 Photographers" in January of 2000,

a group show of six artists' works at the Media Union Gallery, also at Taro's invitation, in July of 2000,

and a three person show featuring thirty of my paintings and drawings at West Front Street Gallery in Monroe, Michigan in June of 1999.
 
 

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