Photograph of Artist DEBRA BRETTON ROBINSON
DEBRA BRETTON ROBINSON
Tyngsborough, Massachusetts - United States



Original Artworks (8)

Debra Bretton Robinson; Queen Anne, 2017, Original Painting Acrylic, 42 x 42 inches. Artwork description: 241 Architecture, painting, building, windows, details, Lowell, MA, Massachusetts, red, orange, blue...
Debra Bretton Robinson
Original Acrylic Painting, 2017
42 x 42 inches (106.7 x 106.7 cm)
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Debra Bretton Robinson; Spring Zing, 2012, Original Painting Acrylic, 22 x 22 inches. Artwork description: 241  trees, sea, harbor, water, rocks, yacht club, blue, green, ocean, acrylic painting, debra bretton robinson, Spring, flowers, porch, fluidity, mountains, landscape,       ...
Debra Bretton Robinson
Original Acrylic Painting, 2012
22 x 22 inches (55.9 x 55.9 cm)
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Debra Bretton Robinson; Follow The River, 2012, Original Painting Acrylic, 40 x 40 inches. Artwork description: 241  woods, water, rocks, river, blue, green, forest, acrylic painting, new hampshire, white mountains, fluidity, mountains, landscape,      ...
Debra Bretton Robinson
Original Acrylic Painting, 2012
40 x 40 inches (101.6 x 101.6 cm)
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Debra Bretton Robinson; Rocky Shore, 2011, Original Painting Acrylic, 48 x 30 inches. Artwork description: 241  beach, shore, ocean, water, rocks, shoreline, houses, cottages, blue, green,   ...
Debra Bretton Robinson
Original Acrylic Painting, 2011
48 x 30 inches (121.9 x 76.2 cm)
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Debra Bretton Robinson; Gloucester Harbor, 2011, Original Painting Acrylic, 24 x 24 inches. Artwork description: 241   city, cityscape, buildings, red, street lamps, light, hill, cars, evening, dusk, trees  ...
Debra Bretton Robinson
Original Acrylic Painting, 2011
24 x 24 inches (61.0 x 61.0 cm)
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Debra Bretton Robinson; Oak Bluffs In Red, 2010, Original Painting Acrylic, 10 x 12 inches. Artwork description: 241  This was painted on site in Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard this summer.  It was a very hot day.     ...
Debra Bretton Robinson
Original Acrylic Painting, 2010
10 x 12 inches (25.4 x 30.5 cm)
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Debra Bretton Robinson; Misery Island, 2010, Original Painting Acrylic, 10 x 12 inches. Artwork description: 241   This was painted on the beach of Misery Island off the coast of Beverly, MA. The Baxter Island Light can be seen in the distance.    ...
Debra Bretton Robinson
Original Acrylic Painting, 2010
10 x 12 inches (25.4 x 30.5 cm)
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Debra Bretton Robinson; Chappaquidick Beach Club, 2010, Original Painting Acrylic, 10 x 12 inches. Artwork description: 241  This was painted on beach by the Edgartown light, Martha's Vineyard, MA.    ...
Debra Bretton Robinson
Original Acrylic Painting, 2010
10 x 12 inches (25.4 x 30.5 cm)
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Artist Statement

Debra Bretton Robinson
Artist Statement:
My paintings are inspired by the beauty and complexity of landscape forms both real and imagined. I use the subject of landscape to explore the edge between abstraction and representation with an emphasis on the expressive use of color. I believe color is the soul of a painting, often reflecting the tension between what is known and what is felt. Like the Abstract Expressionists, I am inspired by the act of painting itself and by the sensual articulation of color and form. I prefer acrylics and collage because of their potential for flat shapes and washes of color. When painting, I weave thin outlines around graphic shapes in a gestural bravado, drawing from a palette of uninhibited colors. In the end, my paintings are a symphonic consonance of lustrous hues and expressive forms; a harmony of abstract marks and recognizable imagery. I paint in my studio as well as in the field, the scale of my work ranging from small studies to much larger canvases. The Fauves, as well as The Seven, have played important roles in the development of my style. Favorite artists include Henri Matisse, William Henry Johnson, Tommy Thompson, Lawren Harris, Fairfield Porter and Alice Neel.

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