DAN ROBINSON

2012-01-02T22:27:00.000-08:00

Landscape Workshop -
I will be teaching a three day landscape workshop at The Conservatory for Classical Art in Edmond Oklahoma February 3,4,5 2012. Link to the website for registration information or email me if you have any questions. www.classicalart.org

2011-12-19T18:25:00.000-08:00

Fundraiser for the CCA -

This painting is offered in a raffle, where the funds raised, go to purchase easels and equipment for a new school in Edmond, OK The Conservatory for Classical Art. There are ten prizes and only thirty tickets to be sold. Search www.classicalart.org and go to the "more" tab to view the raffle section where you will see the other prizes offered and ticket purchase information. While your on the site, hit the "workshops" tab for the scheduled artists, so far, for 2012. Dan Robinson - Landscape Painting, Andrew Ameral - 2D Anatomy / Ecorche, Peggi Kroll-Roberts - The Costumed Model, Scott Waddell - Portrait Painting. The "Adult classes" and "Youth Classes" tabs will open the instruction offered by Leslie Lienau, the school's founder, for great instruction that meets weekly for anyone living in the Oklahoma City, Edmond and surrounding areas.

Miniature - Plum and Plate

2011-06-07T11:03:00.000-07:00

Miniature - Plum and Plate -

2011-05-17T06:29:00.000-07:00

SOLD - Summer's Circumstance -

2011-05-13T10:12:00.000-07:00

SOLD - Canyon Lake Shadows -

2011-05-08T10:39:00.000-07:00

Cloud Break -

2011-05-05T11:35:00.000-07:00

Tomato -

2011-05-04T18:29:00.000-07:00

Orange and Blue -

2011-04-12T08:35:00.000-07:00

Phoenix Night -

2011-04-07T14:50:00.000-07:00

Lemon Perch -

2011-04-01T17:50:00.000-07:00

New Mexico

2011-03-22T12:58:00.000-07:00

Gala

2011-02-13T08:19:00.000-08:00

The Life of Night -

2011-01-06T15:19:00.000-08:00

Nocturne - This piece is a recently completed commission based on an earlier painting,

2010-11-30T15:07:00.000-08:00

Waiting -

2010-11-17T08:55:00.000-08:00

Black Kettle - A new piece, painted from a group of drawings done a couple of years ago.

2010-11-10T18:06:00.000-08:00

On a Clear Winter Night - This limited palette nocturne, purely invented, gave me an allowance of freedom to explore options. Working with the idea of what a painting might need is often more enjoyable than competing to only capture reality.

2010-10-01T13:44:00.000-07:00

Turnip - This piece was difficult to find but once established the subtle harmony was worth the search.

2010-09-28T08:46:00.000-07:00

Sunset Fuse - In the desert southwest one of the most exciting times each day is it's last light. The normally harsh environment is transformed, a revealed softness, welcomed relief from another day's heat.

2010-09-21T09:01:00.000-07:00

SOLD - Shadow's Bloom - The revealed pattern and featured distant hill, as the somewhat mundane light vacated the scene, was just as the bloom of another season. Something to behold.

2010-09-11T12:07:00.000-07:00

SOLD
Light Cut Orange -

2010-08-30T11:24:00.000-07:00

Here's one of the new frames that I have been developing. More to follow soon.

2010-07-06T09:38:00.000-07:00

Color Workshop - Edmond, Oklahoma

2010-07-01T11:28:00.000-07:00

Custom Frames Featured - I recently designed and gilded six custom frames for the artist Leslie Lienau's show. This is an example of her work in one of the frames. She has some fantastic paintings hanging at JRB Art at the Elms in Oklahoma City. The opening is tomorrow evening July second at six in the evening. Be sure to go by and take a look the show hangs through the month of July.

2010-06-30T14:18:00.000-07:00

Apple Texture - This was an exploration I did some time ago. I have recently framed it for a friend in Oklahoma who owns the piece now. After seeing it new again I am quite pleased with the textural applications.

2010-05-19T08:49:00.000-07:00

Out of the Shadow - Such a simple thing again, all owing to the balance.

2010-05-17T10:50:00.000-07:00

SOLD - Tea and Stripes - This piece was born from more of a color standpoint than anything else. Focusing on something in the process of painting and making it the priority allows for the other issues to be open and more malleable.

2010-05-11T09:54:00.000-07:00

A Note of Spring - Searching within a subject and finding what is to be translated is a difficult part of the process. Once I leave the subject itself and see it through the issues of painting, then use those on my terms, all possibilities begin to open.

2010-05-09T11:03:00.000-07:00

Some Red Some Green - Working with the two extremes of red and green the balance was in finding the relationships between the physical things and the shapes of color. Both are important, both need to feature themselves, neither can dominate.

2010-05-04T09:57:00.001-07:00

Curled In - The simplest of subjects, can often create huge obstacles to confront. Sometimes the simple is not so easy.

2010-04-28T19:43:00.000-07:00

Tea - Almost monochromatic this piece was a challenge to inject just enough warmth to balance the spectrum so that it has a variety to it's blueness.

2010-04-23T09:24:00.000-07:00

Summer Sky - This piece was done a while ago and when I saw it I began looking forward to the events to come in the summer season.

2010-04-19T10:29:00.000-07:00

Late Shadows - The effect of light on these rocks at waters edge immediately became my subject for this piece.

2010-04-15T09:00:00.000-07:00

Box and Slice - I have been working on and thinking about paint application and surface quality a lot. trying different mediums, whites and grounds.

2010-04-12T13:37:00.000-07:00

Spring in the Desert - This time of year always offers, both a powerful and peaceful quality in these passing storms.

2010-04-05T12:40:00.000-07:00

Laguna Rocks - I painted this on a heavier gauge linen and really enjoyed the surface quality that it offered.

2010-04-02T08:31:00.000-07:00

Box and Apples - This is an older piece that was a nice surprise to find in my files.

2010-03-30T16:26:00.000-07:00

Passenger's of the Night - The scale in this painting was one of my priorities in it's planning. A combination of study from nature and my invented desire's allowed me to paint this piece.

2010-03-25T05:31:00.000-07:00

Winter - A subtle and limited palette helped me achieve this winter grey.

2010-03-23T09:13:00.000-07:00

SOLD - White Rose - This piece was a bigger fight than usual. I almost gave up on it several times. Sometimes the struggle pays off, sometimes it doesn't. I am glad I fought through it in the end.

2010-03-17T16:04:00.000-07:00

SOLD - Medicine Bottle - I enjoyed the challenge that the brown glass medicine bottle presented to me in this piece.

2010-03-14T15:57:00.000-07:00

Alley Wall - This image did not edit very well. I will try to re shoot it and see if a better result is obtainable.

2010-03-12T19:15:00.000-08:00

Overgrown - I was in Crested Butte Colorado where I saw this barn last summer. When you are out looking you say no to most of what you see as a possibility and then finally there is a yes. If you're lucky.

2010-03-08T08:59:00.000-08:00

My next class will focus on landscape painting, working both on location and a day in the studio working from one of our location studies.

2010-03-02T11:09:00.000-08:00

Lemon, Box, Vase - I thought it was interesting how the addition of another element and a format change creates a whole other possibility than the previous painting.

I just returned from teaching a three day workshop at the Water Street Art Gallery in Sapulpa, OK. We had a good class with a great group of students and worked hard all weekend. I hope that we will have another class there someday and will post it if we do. If you are in the area stop and visit the gallery you will be glad you did.

2010-02-23T09:34:00.000-08:00

Yellow and Blue - I had an immediate attraction for this and found painting it a pleasure.

2010-02-20T14:31:00.000-08:00

Apple - Here I liked the shapes that both surrounded the apple and pointed you to it.

2010-02-18T10:04:00.000-08:00

Green Slices - The close relationship of value, color and temperature in the slices as compared to the "white" cloth became the challenge to solve in this one.

2010-01-31T11:35:00.000-08:00

I am offering a three day painting workshop this month February 26, 27, 28, in the Tulsa, Oklahoma area, Sapulpa, to be exact. You can read some information about the class as well as some bio information about me on the workshop flyer. This class is limited to ten students which means there will be plenty of individual attention. Contact me if you have any questions or want to register your place or you can go to waterstreetartgallery.com to register as well.

2010-01-26T08:31:00.000-08:00

At the Close - A dusk painting based on movement.

2010-01-15T10:46:00.000-08:00

Evening Reflected - In this piece that is mostly an exercise in stretching all of the summer green that you see in a scene, the reflected sky was a great contrast to play off of.

2010-01-06T10:28:00.000-08:00

Up Lit Apple - This is a recent commission that I was asked to do based on an earlier piece.

2009-12-28T09:53:00.000-08:00

SOLD - Edmond Field - In this painting I was experimenting with a new medium, just exploring some of it's possibilities.

2009-12-22T09:08:00.000-08:00

Canyon Lake Color - I pushed the range in this piece for my needs. Intensifying the shadows and reducing the color in the light somewhat offered me a statement I liked. I can see this as a large piece now.

2009-12-11T09:39:00.000-08:00

Pacific Nocturne - Working in the darker key of a night scene still allows for plenty of room for color and value manipulation to lead the eye.

2009-12-02T08:39:00.000-08:00

Through the Night - This is a piece from about a year ago. I was reminded of it from last nights moon which has me thinking about another nocturne.

2009-11-20T08:00:00.000-08:00

SOLD - What Lies Ahead - Sometimes the subject of the painting or the "idea" of the painting is purely about the paint. What can occur through the paint. Here my "reason" to paint was about movement.

2009-11-17T09:11:00.000-08:00

Interchange - My subject is not always the actual forms that are painted but as in this case it is the action that is occurring. The exchange of the previous wave going out and the new one coming in is what intrigued me.

2009-11-13T07:26:00.000-08:00

SOLD -Evening's Acclaim - I limited my palette in this piece and worked in a narrow range of color that suited the aim of the piece.

2009-11-11T07:39:00.001-08:00

SOLD - Winter Veil - Another of my paintings in the show at the Albuquerque Museum's Miniature and More show.

2009-11-10T08:02:00.001-08:00

SOLD - Spruce and Birch - This painting is available at the Albuquerque Museum's Miniatures and More show that hangs through December sixth. If you can visit the show it will be well worth your time, they always have good work.

2009-11-06T08:46:00.000-08:00

The Call of Grace - This painting is on view at the Gilcrease Museum's American Art in Miniature Show.

2009-11-05T07:53:00.000-08:00

Pear Glow - There is an uplift to the pear by the radiant light.

2009-11-04T09:31:00.000-08:00

Seeking the Light - This piece was a great pleasure to paint. There is one more pear to come.

2009-11-03T08:19:00.000-08:00

SOLD -Tipped - One of the challenges I confronted in this piece was to get the tipped piece of apple to come up of the surface.

2009-11-02T09:07:00.000-08:00

SOLD - D'Anjou on the Down Low - Todays painting was a nice combination of the visual and the verbal coming together and one side helping the other from the very beginning.

2009-10-30T08:50:00.000-07:00

On the Edge - In todays painting I was pushing the warm and cool to the edge of balance against the yellow of the lemon.

2009-10-28T10:28:00.000-07:00

SOLD - Front Lit - In this piece I was most intrigued by the light striking and then falling off transitioning quickly.

2009-10-21T08:56:00.000-07:00

Slices and Plate - I was able to concentrate on the design and set up in todays painting. Subtle alignments and the particulars of spacing was what excited me to paint this.

2009-10-19T08:56:00.000-07:00

Plum on Box - In todays painting I have enjoyed the subtle light that is bathing the plum.

2009-10-16T11:28:00.000-07:00

SOLD - Plate and Slice - Today's painting allowed me to key off of the strength of the white plate.

2009-10-13T10:53:00.000-07:00

Order - In todays painting the lines that I imposed into the composition was a way of creating an order to balance with the lines of the slices themselves.

2009-10-10T08:29:00.000-07:00

Wood Spoon - Balancing the basic shapes of triangles, rectangles and circles was the problem to solve in todays painting.

2009-10-09T09:19:00.000-07:00

SOLD - Jalapeno - Shapes, I had a great time inventing and playing with the shapes in this painting.

2009-10-08T08:34:00.000-07:00

Lemon Slice - In todays painting I was able to use a very limited palette and make an impact through other means.

2009-10-07T10:24:00.000-07:00

SOLD -A Quarter Red - This painting challenged me to make interesting ways of pointing you to the subject.

2009-10-06T10:27:00.000-07:00

SOLD - Green Pear - I enjoyed manipulating and balancing the shapes in this piece.

2009-10-04T12:59:00.000-07:00

SOLD - Three Quarters Green - In todays painting the dark shadows hold the subtle color shifts in the lit side of the apples.

2009-10-02T10:24:00.000-07:00

Metal Marble - In todays painting I was pleased with the harmonizing quality of the brushstrokes that unify the many differences of shapes and textures.

2009-09-29T11:19:00.000-07:00

Plum - All the beautiful color within the plum was all I needed.

2009-09-28T07:34:00.000-07:00

SOLD - Scissor Cut - Simple things are often attractive but not always simple to paint.

2009-09-25T10:30:00.000-07:00

SOLD - Orange and Box - Todays painting is an up lit but simple subject. The design of the shapes and complimentary color created a statement of impact.

2009-09-24T10:37:00.000-07:00

Red Apple - The three main color fields in todays painting all have an integrated reflection of each other creating a nice harmony.

2009-09-23T09:22:00.000-07:00

SOLD - Orange and Vase - Today's painting was a challenge in the intensity of the orange and the grays that surround it.

2009-09-22T08:34:00.000-07:00

SOLD - Orange on Orange - This painting is a matter of balance. The dominance of the different varieties of orange against the weight of the blue.

2009-09-21T07:36:00.000-07:00

Pill Box - Simple things can be great subjects. The subtle relationships of color and value where white on white occurs is always interesting to paint.

2009-09-20T17:47:00.000-07:00

SOLD - Plum and Plate -

2009-08-19T12:22:00.000-07:00

SOLD - January's Texture - It's unusual to see something and know immediately that you have the interest and the willingness to paint what you have just encountered. I have been able to do several compositions of this scene and found that each one has offered me the same gratification as when I first came upon it.

2009-08-19T10:30:00.001-07:00

SOLD - Peeled Orange

2009-08-18T16:11:00.000-07:00

SOLD - Mora Fields - On a trip to New Mexico I found this field in the town of Mora between Taos and Las Vegas. The amazing patterns os snow and field were an immediate attraction for me. I enjoyed the balancing between abstract pattern and a sense of realism. This became my main reason for coming back to this scene and finding it desirable to paint.

2009-08-18T08:31:00.000-07:00

Through the Night - I have witnessed this many times having lived in the desert all of my life. There is a grace that falls on to what is usually a harsh, abrupt environment. The stable resistant growth watches the temporal quality of a night's sky move through and out of it's view.

2009-08-18T08:29:00.000-07:00

SOLD This painting was from a trip to the Arizona Utah border.

2009-08-18T08:25:00.000-07:00

SOLD - Earl Grey - This painting allowed me to explore the beautiful colors that were contained in this black tea kettle, color is in everything. I like the contrasting strength of the iron kettle against the soft and transparent paper that structures the tea bag.

2009-08-17T23:47:00.000-07:00