ROBIN BRAUN
Work
JULY 2023 Selected
ROBIN BRAUN
Artist Statement
The ocean is never far from my thoughts and is constantly in my dreams. It can be ruthless and it can be supremely calm. I like to paint all of the moods of the sea. Having grown up near the water, I feel that it is an inherent part of my consciousness.
My paintings are about both the sublime and the more violent aspects of nature. I portray both the storm and the tranquility; the eye-dead calm of the hurricane; the breathless approach of a thunderstorm in the distance. A few years ago, while watching an approaching storm I saw several distinct emerald green slow flashes of light at different points throughout the approaching storm. I was so engrossed by this phenomena, that I forgot about the storm until it was everywhere around me. It was violent, loud, terrifying and unbelievably gorgeous at the same time. I hope that my paintings can convey some of the violence and stillness; beauty and spectacle of both the storms and the calm.
Storm with Light II, 2018 Oil on panel
12 x 16 inches $3,200
Radiant Orange Light I, 2018
Oil on panel
4 x 8 inches
$600
Sea, Beautiful Day, 2018
Oil on panel
6 x 8 inches
$800
Storm, Outer Banks, NC, 2015
Oil on panel
12 x 12 inches
$3,000
Rodanthe Marsh at Sunset II, North Carolina, 2013
Oil on canvas
9 x 12 inches
$1,800 framed
Sunset at Chesapeake Bay, Northern Neck, VA, 2013
Oil on canvas
9 x 12 inches
$1,800 framed
White Light, 2018 Oil on panel 12 x 16 inches $3,200
Radiant Sunset II, 2018
Oil on panel
3 x 9 inches
$600
Sunset After The Storm, The Outer Banks, 2016
Oil on panel
6 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches
$800 framed
$2,400
Waterspouts, 2018 Oil on panel 10 x 8 inches$2,000
Storm and Calm Diptych, 2018
Oil on panel
6 x 20 inches
Robin Braun
Abbreviated CV
Lives and works in Charlottesville, VA
EDUCATION
1997 M.F.A., University Of Iowa, Iowa City, IO
1990 San Francisco Art Institute, credits toward B.F.A.
1985 B.A. St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2018 Voyage, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2016 Oceanic Meditations, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2015 Ever-Changing, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2014 Angelo, Charlotteville, VA
2013 Marsh, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2011 Expanse, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2010 Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens, Richmond, VA
2009 Waterworks, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2008 Surface, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2007 Angelo, Charlottesville, VA
2005 The Portsmouth Art Museum, Portsmouth, VA
