robin reynolds

JUNE 13 - JULY 12, 2026

I am primarily a plein air painter, but I began making collages during the winter months to relive the beauty and memory of my summer garden. I create “painted collages'' by layering transparencies from vintage gardening encyclopedias, linocut prints, antique lace, and a wide range of alternative mixed media. My process is improvisational, slowly building the collage surface by cutting, piecing, and layering diverse materials and manipulating varied mark-making. I construct complex works on paper that provide intricate texture, line, and color up close, and form, depth, and space from afar—a rich, year-round experience of the garden.

My collages also take part in the feminist art form of femmage. I reclaim found materials from traditionally “women’s work”—knitting, needlework, gardening, being a mother—and use it for fine art. At thrift stores, yard sales, and flea markets, I rescue discarded artifacts of domestic life: seed catalogs, women’s magazines, table linens, sewing patterns, dresses, handmade sweaters. I give them new life,showing the exquisite textures and craft that women made, felt beautiful in, and created their homes with. My collages celebrate my experience as a mother and pay homage to women and our journey from the past to the present. They bring beauty and feminism to the forefront, hand in hand.