Robin Adler
Contemporary artist in the Hudson Valley
ABOUT
Robin Adler is a contemporary artist, born in Norfolk, Virginia and living in New York’s Hudson Valley. Adler transcribes emotional experience into visual form while expressing boundless enthusiasm for abstraction. Using line, shape, markings, color and movement, she works intuitively, pushing past limitations toward freedom and possibility. Adler explores her inner landscape and the natural environment to foster dialogue and human connection.
Art has always been a part of Adler's life, beginning with classes in high school and college and continuing to the present day. She has most recently focused on abstract painting, collage, and printmaking at the Woodstock School of Art. Adler uses various media including oil, acrylic, wax, and print. Her work has been in group exhibitions in galleries throughout the Hudson Valley and Virginia, including the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Emerge Gallery & Art Space, Limner Gallery, and the Virginia Beach Art Center. Adler is a member of two art collectives, Spliced Connector and The Drawing Galaxy. Additionally, her work can be seen online at artsy.net. Adler’s work is held in private collections across the United States.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I create art to connect to my own spirit and to transcribe experience in a way that can not only be understood, but felt, by others. My work articulates movement, kinetic growth, conversations between shapes. A thriving metamorphosis that continually changes with layer upon layer of paint or ink. I work intuitively. My brush strokes are rapid and gestural. I scratch into paint, employ squiggles and energetic lines to encourage tempo and rhythm. Vibrant color excites me, I combine hues that sing together or possibly provide an interesting contrast. I do not shy away from discordant color combinations. The canvas is a living, breathing form for me that is emerging, changing, always growing. As a practicing therapist and an artist, I discern countless visceral emotions through color. Identifying feeling in its most raw, unfiltered state, I can better understand the origins of emotion. I am interested in knowing more about the source of their creation, their beauty, and our shared humanity and sense of connection. In bringing color and form to the canvas, I create a space for dialogue. My intention is that the viewer and the artwork find commonality that extends both beneath and beyond language.
Website: https://www.robinadlerart.com/
Instagram: @robinadlerart