http://www.robynmartinsart.net Recent blog posts from my shop. en-US One of my paintings is now on the cover for a CD and vinyl release of a new album by Bill Laurance and Michael League, both from the band Snarky Puppy but also recording as a duo that is mesmerizing. The new album is titled. Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:39:23 -0400 https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1284062317496/confessions-of-a-serial-self-doubter https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1284062317496/confessions-of-a-serial-self-doubter?pub=1727300363 This morning, sifted through several years of Etsy orders and tallied them up by location, and here is what I found—I have sold to every state in the U.S. except Alaska, Hawaii, Missisippi, and North Dakota. What's up with those people, anyway? I have also sold to Washington, D.C.

I have also sold to quite a few countries around the world. Mon, 23 Sep 2024 15:06:34 -0400 https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1305478262495/sending-art-far-and-wide https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1305478262495/sending-art-far-and-wide?pub=1727118394 I have always offered merch in my shop—journals, greeting cards, and scarves with my art printed on them. Now that I am part of a retail collective along the popular route of 30A in the Florida Panhandle (look up 30A if you aren't familiar with it—it's darling), I have begun offering something new—canvas zipper bags with my artwork.

To start, I'm featuring women's faces. I created this series last year, and these women are like friends. To me, they represented a span of ages and a wide swath of the human experience. Tue, 30 Jul 2024 11:12:15 -0400 https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1279429223027/art-merchcanvas-bag-edition https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1279429223027/art-merchcanvas-bag-edition?pub=1722352335 Increasingly I believe Nature is trying to expel us, we bad ape children who repeatedly kick her in the shins and set her hair on fire, and I didn't have a particularly gentle mother growing up. BUT, I like to incorporate lines from Emily Dickinson's poem "Nature, the Gentlest Mother" into my work. Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:57:02 -0400 https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1283518196721/nature-the-gentlest-mother https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1283518196721/nature-the-gentlest-mother?pub=1721408222 A recipe for eggplant caponata from the Serious Eats site. It's delicious. Tue, 09 Jul 2024 09:50:44 -0400 https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1279106253235/a-seriously-good-eggplant-caponata https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1279106253235/a-seriously-good-eggplant-caponata?pub=1720533044 My painting, "Afoot and Lighthearted," is included in the online exhibit "Cold Wax International: A Juried Exhibition" judged by artist and gallery owner Dan Addington. Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:08:56 -0400 https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1278326015700/cold-wax-international-juried-exhibition https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1278326015700/cold-wax-international-juried-exhibition?pub=1720019336 A cold wax and oil workshop will be held on March 16, 2024 at the Cultural Arts Alliance Hogtown Bayou location, Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. Thu, 15 Feb 2024 14:11:09 -0500 https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1241820012860/a-workshop-in-the-works https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1241820012860/a-workshop-in-the-works?pub=1708024269 My most recent project was created for the person who loves books and reading—for me. I enjoy fashioning small books out of old novels written in the early 1900s that no one remembers, the kind that sell for a buck at the flea market. Lately, I began using scraps of leather to make covers for this little gems, creating them in different colors and various stages of use. Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:04:11 -0400 https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1177496907494/for-the-love-of-books https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1177496907494/for-the-love-of-books?pub=1695236651 The process of turning an antique printing tray into a landscape painting—I take sheets of Arches oil paper, which is paper designed for oil paintings, and I cut them into small pieces to fit the compartments of the tray. I lay these pieces out on board in the same configuration as the tray, and I begin painting. Mon, 07 Aug 2023 09:58:46 -0400 https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1164282462572/filling-in-the-spacesart-in-antique https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1164282462572/filling-in-the-spacesart-in-antique?pub=1691416726 Let’s talk about Michelangelo, an artist who was also a poet. When I first set out to learn a little about an artist who also wrote poetry, I foolishly believed I might find just a few people to read up on, but oh no. Artists quite often express a themselves through a variety of ways. In fact, most of them will explore more than one discipline and will excel in many of them at once. Wed, 05 Jul 2023 12:44:45 -0400 https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1169065002469/lets-talk-about-michelangelo https://www.robynmartinsart.net/post/1169065002469/lets-talk-about-michelangelo?pub=1688575485