robinart



To see a list of art on display, click here to see my exhibit calendar.

swirls


shimmer of dreams



Art with a Southern Drawl



cattales & other deeds



Photos from the Marquee article (cover, interior photos)
Media & Reviews
While she was growing up, robin fay was surrounded by a family of "crafty" women who were always busy with quilting, crocheting, sewing and even poetry projects. Today, the award-winning artist still enjoys "piecing" things together, and she lays the foundation for many of her latest works by cutting or ripping paper and fabric. fay finds inspiration in Celtic designs, and she is drawn to the lines, shapes and forms of organic and manmade shapes ranging from DNA spirals to sea stacks (rock formations jutting out of the ocean). She says, "My work is textured, rich in color, and hopefully captures a kinetic energy." In Fay's "Red Bull Deconstructed" a pulled-apart can is embellished as it spirals across an azure blue and red background consisting of handmade, beads, sand, metal forms, and spiral shapes on canvas. Like many of Fay's creations (check out her website www.robinart.com) it represents something beyond the obvious. "It's not taking an item and making it into something else," she notes. "It's taking a can and pulling it apart to find the hidden beauty within." She finishes with a good-natured shrug. "Maybe that sounds like a lofty idea, but that was the concept, at least." --Red Bull Art of the Can, 2006, review, juried exhibit
Featured artist in Blotter, August 2005, including cover inset, and interior images. Blotter, August, 2005
Winner of the Blue Sock Award for a digital project, SPARC: Spark of Potential: Artists reflect on Creativity. The Blue Sock Award is a peer review award for graduate students in the Instructional Design & Development program. Dec, 2005
Featured artist in Blotter, August 2005, including cover inset, and interior images. Blotter, August, 2005
Featured artist in Subter, Issue 1.4, including cover, and interior images. Subter, 1.4 , 2005. 
Featured artist in the Marquee, 2001, including cover and interior images shot during a special photo shoot.
cyan dreams: "A collection of 40 photographs from artist robin fay, ranging from travel to abstract themes. robin's eye for details, coupled with the theme of blue, show a gentle progression through our every-day lives." --Rene Shoemaker, Director, Circle Gallery, 2005.
a local artist and photographer with a long list of accomplishments. Perhaps best known for her "Dawg Art" having crafted the Dawg at Jittery Joes, Robin is also well received for her painting which combines layers of acrylic paint, metallic flake...   Escola Gustavo Barroso Charity Auction, 2004. 
In what is a very impressive display of creativity and artistic talent representing countries from all over and ages ranging from pre-teen to over 50, Ride's 1st Annual Graphic Competition in association with the Small Works Gallery in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, is nothing less than extraordinary!,Ride Announces Winners of Snowboard Art: A Graphics Competition, article published at The Local, Ride website, and artlinksteamboat, 2003.
As I'm sure you're well aware, artists come from every walk-of-life. Some artists happen into this vocation, as evidenced by my interview with John S. Moon. And more often than not, most artists have a full-time gig that may not readily denote ''artsy.'' Such is the subject of today's column.I first met [her] on the business end of a job interview. She made me sweat then, but now I get to turn the tables., When you see the world through art, Athens Banner Herald, 2002.
The show includes [her] glittery and beaded paintings of swirling, jewel-toned ribbon shapes......A show of thanks, Athens Marquee, 2002.
shimmer of dreams, Sponsored by University Union. Combining layers of acrylic paint, metallic flake and paint, glass beads, and sand to move away from representational art while exploring texture, movement, and color. Opening
reception on Tuesday, May 7 from 6-7 PM. Through Friday, June 14, 2002. Tate Student Center Art Gallery.-UGA Calendar
...included in The University of Mobile's 11th annual ''Art With A Southern Drawl,'' which features the best in visual arts from seven Southern states, on display at the Donald Gallery at the University of Mobile through April 30.The annual juried exhibition and competition represents a wide range of media, styles, themes and techniques. To enter, artists must be either born in or currently live in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee or Texas. During the April 2002 show, 89 pieces of artwork were selected for the exhibit from more than 670 entries, Local Artists exhibit, Athens Banner Herald, 2002.
In ''cattales & other deeds,'' her show of paintings in Watkinsville's Krimson Kafe, her portraits of cats -- most reflecting qualities of her own 
pint-sized house mates  -- are brilliantly colored and sometimes dramatically textured. Though they hang alongside some of Fay's earlier work -- equally bright and warm still lifes -- it's the cat paintings that people seem to ask the most about, she says."Something for cat and art lovers, Athens Banner Herald, 2001.
"[She] stresses the importance of quality design, mentioning the struggle of formatting her paintings. Deciding on resolution quality of the work is a struggle: ''with lower resolutions, more people (with mid-range computers) can see it, but it loses a lot of detail,''Athens artists find Web sites are ideal gallery spaces..., Athens Marquee, 2000.
Excerpt from the Athens Banner Herald article, 2/25/99, Stroke of spontaneity... "Under the brush strokes of the artist, suggestion becomes a powerful tool to transport the winter weary to the tropics for a mental vacation... whose trademarks are bright, intense tropical colors  that move across the canvas and a quirky, humorous way of viewing the world...
Short review from the modernartsite.com, "The paintings on this site have a strong leaning towards children's books.Their dark, unreal quality smacks of Paula Rego and the surrealist Giorgio De Chirico. "