Robbin T. Milne
 Painter
946-D Tyler Street
Benicia, CA 94510

rtmilne2000@yahoo.com

www.robbinmilne.com

My work is primarily about layers and color. Even when I use figures, they tend to disappear and reappear through the layers. Time and space creep into most everything and with these pieces I wanted to show the space as being the larger of the two; space being uncontainable, time being more visible and tangible. When I'm in a particular large open space, I lose track of time, yet when I'm keeping track of time, my space seems confined.

Much of my work is inspired by daily life: my walks in nature, my thoughts on the world, and my observations of the juxtapositions between organic and geometric.

My work is taking a new turn: exploring the sea and figures within.

 

 

EDUCATION
B.A. 2000 Mills College, Oakland, CA (with honors in studio art)
A.A. 1998 Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

PUBLICATIONS
2006 Benicia Herald article on "Conversation in Paint" show in Benicia Library
2001 "What is the job of an artist in times like this?" StudioNotes, Benicia, CA
1999 "A.P. 1999", Anthology of Advanced Painting Students
Mills College, Oakland, CA

HONORS AND AWARDS
2005 Best in Show, "Collaborative Art", Sebastopol Center for the Arts,
Sebastopol, CA
1999 Ralph DuCasse Award and Scholarship
Academic Excellence in Studio Arts, Mills College, Oakland, CA

GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Evolving Art Gallery, Vallejo, CA

 SELECTED SOLO**/GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
*"Conversation in Paint: A Three Year Collaboration" - Benicia Library Art Gallery, Benicia, CA
ArtsBenicia Annual Art Auction - Arts Benicia Center Art Gallery, Benicia, CA
"Art Looking at Music, Music Looking at Art", Diablo Valley Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA
Open Studios 2006 - Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
Vallejo Artists' Guild Group Show Exhibition - Vallejo, CA
2005
"Local Voice: Defining Community through Art" juror Marian Parmentar of SFMOMA's Artists Gallery - Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
"Abstraction: Humanity, Form and Spirit", Diablo Valley Art Gallery Pleasant Hill, CA
"Open Studios 2005", Arts Benicia Center Gallery, Benicia, CA
"Collaborative Art", Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA - juried show
"Art of a Community", Arts Benica Center Gallery, Benicia, CA
2004
**"First Friday", First Street Roasting Café, Benicia, CA
Open Studios 2004 Arts Benicia Center Gallery, Benicia, CA
2003
"ArtsBenicia Eleventh Annual Auction" Arts Benicia Center Art Gallery, Benicia, CA
"ArtWork SF", SOMARTS Benefit, San Francisco, CA
"Open Studios 2003", Arts Benicia Center Art Gallery, Benicia, CA
2002
"Open Studios 2002", Arts Benicia Center Art Gallery, Benicia, CA
"The Canvas Remembers September 11", Benefit NYC charities - Canvas Café gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001
"Artists Respond to Terrorism" The ArtProject (collaborative), SF, CA
"Art for America: Visions and Voices", Clos Pegase Winery, Calistoga, CA
"Bay Area Artists Create: Remember their Lives", Collaborative SOMARTS Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
"Coal Shed Studio's Open House and Show", Mare Island, Vallejo, CA
Ninth Annual Women's Show: "Creativity from Ghost Ranch, New Mexico" PhotoCentral Gallery, Hayward, CA
"We the Artists at We the People Auditorium", ProArts Gallery East Bay Open Studios, Mayor Jerry Brown's "We the People" Auditorium, Oakland, CA
"The Art of A Community" - Arts Benicia Center Art Gallery, Benicia, CA