STATEMENT

Larger than life.

I make large format, abstract paintings in oil, ink and acrylic. I also sometimes make tiny paintings with big things to say. My work is eclectic and I never know what will emerge. Often it is otherworldly and completely unexpected but always much larger than this life. The process is both simple and terrifying as I approach the canvas and wait for the story to be told. My job is to capture the narrative and lay it down on the canvas or paper before me. This approach is automatic and invites direct access to buried, archetypal stories from our world and beyond. I have to hold on for the ride that follows and do my job as the visual translator for the information coming at me. Sometimes the paintings take years, or sometimes only hours to complete. My acceptance of this process and its results have been a challenge for me as the story isn’t always pretty and the darkness that can show through is important and real. I am not sure why I was chosen for this job, but chose me it did. 

I feel that my work provides wonder and energetic healing to those who come in contact with it and I feel grateful to be able to share that with as many people as I have over the 35 year span of my painting career. Let’s see if I can go for another 35 years and REALLY have some fun.

In love and gratitude,

S. Lee Robinson

S. LEE ROBINSON 

EDUCATION 

San Francisco Art Institute 1985-1989 BA Painting 

San Francisco State University 1984-1985 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 

-2024 FROCK Show Next Step Gallery  Detroit MI

-2024 Spring Salon  Detroit Contemporary  Detroit MI

-2024 Dirty Show Detroit  Group Exhibition  Detroit MI

-2023 Annual Spring Group Exhibition   Next Step Gallery  Detroit MI

-2022 A Celebration of Pride  ArtSpan SF  Juried Exhibition  San Francisco CA 

-2019 Ancestor  Solo Exhibition  Keystone Gallery  Los Angeles CA

-2018 Mythical Beasts  Solo Exhibition   Keystone Gallery  Los Angeles CA 

-2017 Message and Intention   Solo Exhibition  Keystone Gallery  Los Angeles CA

-2013 Places  Joshua Tree Art Gallery  Joshua Tree CA 

-2008 Modernism Week  Joshua Tree Art Gallery  Palm Springs CA

-2013 New Paintings on Paper  Solo Exhibition  Highest Form Gallery  Palm Springs CA 

-2009 New Paintings and Drawings  Solo Exhibition  Phyllis Stein Gallery Los Angeles CA

-2007 20 Year Retrospective of Oil Paintings   Solo Exhibition  Los Angeles CA

-2009 Orange County Center for Contemporary Art  LA2OC Emphasis Extreme  Santa Ana CA

-2009 The Paper Show  Group Exhibition  Phyllis Stein Gallery  Los Angeles CA

-2008 Gallery AMP  Art Music Politics  Create:Fixate Gallery Los Angeles CA 

-2008 LAAA Open Show  Juried Exhibition  Gallery 825  Los Angeles Art Association West Hollywood CA 

-2008 LA Ethos  Pharmaka Art  Juried Exhibition  Los Angeles CA