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 story and lie it down on the  canvas. This approach is automatic and seems to invite direct access to buried, archetypal stories from our world and beyond. I just have to HOLD ON for the ride that follows and do my job as the painter. 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 important and real. I am not sure why I was chosen for this job, but chose me it did. 

I do feel that my work provides wonder and energetic healing to those who come in contact with it. Words often escape me but my paintings never fail to say what needs to be said.

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 

-2023 Annual Spring Group Exhibition  Kaiser Suidan Next Step Gallery and Studio  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 Pop Up Show  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