Colección: Stacey Robb

Stacey Robb is a Canadian artist based in rural Wilton, Ontario, whose abstracted landscapes and flora reflect her deep connection to nature. Trained as a freshwater ecology research biologist and educator, she draws on decades of observing natural environments to convey a sense of calm, connectedness, and vitality in her work. A lifelong learner without formal visual arts training, Stacey is inspired by contemporary watercolour and oil artists and embraces both, allowing the two differing mediums to flow naturally to capture the energy, spirit and aliveness of the scene.

"I create to express the enjoyment of how I feel and to share that connection with my audience through my artistic style.  Sometimes that includes using various techniques that are more common in other mediums.  I express my emotions and connections to my subject through my choice of colours, textures, brush strokes, curiosity and adventure.

I use gestural shapes and lines of landscape and nature while being more abstracted and less representational.  The decisions that I make during this painting process are my decisions and convey how I see and feel the world.  I am a firm believer that we can all re-learn how to be creative and that we all have this creativeness inside us. As an educator, bringing that curiosity, playfulness and vulnerability forward in a safe space is key.  I believe there is a connection between science and art and I have been enjoying that connection through Nature Journalling, teaching workshops and bringing this mindfulness practice to people, allowing them to slow down and connect with the spaces around them in a more observant manner.  

I draw my inspiration from and value my connections to the land...water, woodlands, fields and the area of the Canadian Shield, provincial parks and farmland where I grew up.  Moving forward I have been combining my watercolours with my first love of textiles and incorporating hand spun silks and other fibres stitched onto my work (100% cotton paper), highlighting not only the watercolours through this textural addition but also highlighting the creative process of a long-held tradition of hand spinning in this area."