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ROBIN WHALAN | AN ARTIST’S STATEMENT
ROBIN WHALAN | AN ARTIST’S STATEMENT
My subject matter tends to dissect a complex spectrum of human emotion and present it in an honest and often humorous and whimsical narrative. Relief printing is my true passion. There is something magical about watching one piece become another, instantly. Inspired by turn-of-the-century children’s books handed down to me from my mother’s childhood, I love presenting what I see as a clear story and watching that story take the viewer on their own emotional rollercoaster. We are all on different versions of the same ride. I feel the more we understand that, the more we will understand each other.
Robin Whalan is printmaker, illustrator, and author from Texas. She spent the better part of the past twenty years in the service industry, ten of those owning and operating a small brick and mortar. During the challenges of 2020, she found a new voice and a new passion with ink and paper—a passion which soon steered her to leave her service career and begin writing her next chapter. Robin now devotes her energy to telling stories through printmaking and children’s books and participating in art fairs near and far.
