Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 2

Robin Hextrum
"Peony with Yellow Patterns, " Oil Painting

2021

About the Item

Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Peony with Yellow Patterns" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pink and white peony with a yellow pattern in the background. Robin Hextrum is a contemporary oil painter who lives and works in the Denver area. She grew up in a small coastal town called Stinson Beach in Northern California where she developed a passion for the natural environment. During her undergraduate studies at USC she completed a double major in Fine Art and Neuroscience while also rowing on the Varsity Women’s Crew Team. Following this diverse experience, she studied at Laguna College of Art and Design where she received her MFA in painting. She then completed a second Master’s degree in Modern and Contemporary Art History at UC Riverside. Her paintings represent a fusion of her traditional art training with her knowledge of art history and art theory. Robin is now an Assistant Professor of Visual Art at Regis University. She has gallery representation at Abend Gallery in Colorado. Robin Hextrum has exhibited her paintings across the country and is the recipient of grants from The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation and The Stobart Foundation. Artist Statement: My work derives inspiration from recent social, political, and environmental upheavals. The work responds to these instabilities, while also carving out new possibilities for moving forward. Drawing heavily from Dutch still life masterpieces, many works embody a contemporary version of the vanitas theme, which is a reminder of our mortality. Flowers symbolize beauty and the transience of human life within the vanitas genre. Their short lived beauty reminds us of our brief existence on this planet. These works take the extravagance of the 17th century still life to an extreme by enlarging the scale and adding bold and vibrant colors. A flood of flowers overtakes the viewer. While the original intent of vanitas works was to push viewers to a more strict and pious path, these works ask viewers to consider the mortality of our planet. They show nature growing and mutating to adapt to an ever shifting climate and environment. Each work explores the tension between natural and constructed worlds in its own way. Many paintings contrast organic elements with geometric structures to symbolize this conflict. Plants and flowers seem to be clawing back the rigidity and structure of hard line geometry. The works also incorporate animals as subjects. The combination of animal imagery with abstract shapes and unusual colors alludes to the dire state of our natural environment and the necessity for animals to adapt to a new climate. Caught up in swirls of abstract marks and unnatural colors, nature pushes forward to combat toxic surroundings. On a formal level, my paintings explore the dividing lines between representation and abstraction. While still privileging representation, a single work includes various degrees of resolution and construction of illusionistic space. Each painting combines traditional subject matter and technique with contemporary paint application. Delicate roses stand adjacent to cartoonish flowers and expressive marks. Crude drawings sit beside polished and rendered imagery, creating a jarring and even theatrical quality. The use of these contrasting formal elements is meant to further develop the sense of tension. Each piece builds formal and conceptual juxtapositions that will develop into new possibilities for interpretation and reflection about our place in a vulnerable ecosystem.
  • Creator:
  • Creation Year:
    2021
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 6 in (15.24 cm)Width: 6 in (15.24 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Denver, CO
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU130828548262

More From This Seller

View All
"Keeping the Secret" Oil Painting
By Jodi Gerbi
Located in Denver, CO
Jodi Gerbi's (US based) "Keeping the Secret" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pile of rubbish and brightly colored refuse. Currently r...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"June Bloom, " Oil painting
By Brad Davis
Located in Denver, CO
Brad Davis' (US based) "June Bloom" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a pink and fuchsia flower blooming in the darkness. A resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Davis' paintings aim to uncover and uplift the discarded and overlooked within his urban surroundings. The city's rich history and character manifest themselves in the architecture and inhabitants of his daily life, thus providing the platform for his work. The quiet power in layers of decay gives insight into the city's past...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Let's Play Ball" Oil Painting
By Calvin Lai
Located in Denver, CO
Calvin Lai's (US based) "Let's Play Ball" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a still life of a plastic toy bear in situ with an apple and a wooden mannequin, all cast...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

"Moon Flowers" (2024) By Robin Hextrum, Original Oil Painting on Panel
By Robin Hextrum
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Moon Flowers" is an oil painting that depicts a bush of white flowers on a black background.. This piece measures 22.25 x 18 inches in its frame and is re...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

"Yellow Folds" (2024) By Robin Hextrum, Original Oil Painting on Panel
By Robin Hextrum
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Yellow Folds" is an oil painting that depicts a vibrant yellow and white flower on a black background. This painting is sold unframed, but is ready to han...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Dahlias in Bloom" (2024) By Robin Hextrum, Original Oil Painting on Panel
By Robin Hextrum
Located in Denver, CO
Robin Hextrum's (US based) "Dahlias in Bloom" is an oil painting that depicts a blooming white dahlia bush on a black background. This piece measures 22.25 x 18 inches in its frame a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel, Linen

You May Also Like

''On the Look Out'' Contemporary Dutch Painting of a Lady Sitting on a Bench
Located in Utrecht, NL
Dutch artist Nico Heilijgers (1964) works in the tradition of the great seventeenth-century painters. Heilijgers' paintings are characterized by aest...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

'''Eggplant'' Contemporary Dutch Miniature Still Life Painting of an Eggplant
Located in Utrecht, NL
Dutch artist Nico Heilijgers (1964) works in the tradition of the great seventeenth-century still life painters. In his work we see conventional object...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

''Olives and Garlic Glove'' Contemporary Dutch Miniature Still Life Painting
Located in Utrecht, NL
Dutch artist Nico Heilijgers (1964) works in the tradition of the great seventeenth-century still life painters. In his work we see conventional objects such as crispy vegetables, ju...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

''Winter in the City'' Contemporary Dutch Painting of Snowy Roofs
Located in Utrecht, NL
Dutch artist Nico Heilijgers (1964) works in the tradition of the great seventeenth-century still life painters. In his work we see conventional object...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Amaryllis- 21st Century Contemporary Still-life painting with
By Erik Zwaga
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This still-life is made by Dutch painter Erik Zwaga. The painter started in the style of the romantic school, Erik Zwaga began to search more and more for his own visual language...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Garlic Strand- 21st Century Contemporary Still-life painting garlic
By Erik Zwaga
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
This still-life is made by Dutch painter Erik Zwaga. The painter started in the style of the romantic school, Erik Zwaga began to search more and more for his own visual language...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Recently Viewed

View All