About Me
Robin Hall
I grew up in home full of art. From the stacks of art books, and my Mothers paintings still wet on the easels, to my Grandmother’s grand-scale dealership in Antique Paintings, Art was a dominant force.
Being exposed to the process of painting as a child, removed any reservation I might have had to jump in and explore it. I began with watercolor in high school, as a hobby, but once graduated and married, I ventured into many other trades outside the art world. I returned to painting just for the fun of it while in my 30’s. I never expected that art would again dominate my life or future.
My early work, in oil painting, focused on the open fields still abundant in Orange County, California. Today I find architecture and still life to be an attraction, because of the hard and soft edges one finds in these subjects and how strong directional light can bring such drama to a scene.
As an artist, I consider myself to be a student; continually seeking new directions and techniques, which keeps me challenged and immersed in my journey and the fun of “Painting”.
Biography
Exhibitions
2018 107thAnnual Gold Medal Jurried Exhibition, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, CA
2017 106thAnnual Gold Medal Jurried Exhibition, Autry Museum, L.A.,CA
2016 105thAnnual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Autry Museum, L.A.,CA
2015 104thAnnual Gold Medal Jurred Exhibition, Fisher Museum, USC, LA
2014 103rdAnnual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Autry Museum, L.A., CA
Then & Now: 100 Years of Plein Air Painting, Irvine Museum, Irvine, CA
2013 102th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Fisher Museum, USC, L.A.,CA
2012 101thAnnual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Autry Museum, LA, CA
2011 100thAnnual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art. Fine Art Connoisseur- Award of Excellence
2010 Impressions of Southern California- Robin Hall & Jeff Yeomans, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
Glenna Hartmann Invitational, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
99thyear Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
2009 Laguna Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2008 97thGold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum California Art, Pasadena, CA
Juror SOCALPAPA Back Bay Exhibit 2008, Murth Interpretive Center, NB, CA
6thCrystal Cove Invitational, Crystal Cove State park, Laguna Beach, CA Environmental Award
Juror California Pastel Society, Ester Wells Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Irvine Museum. Irvine CA
2007 96thGold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum California Art, Pasadena, CA
Landmark Natural Splendors of Orange County, The Oaks, SJC, CA
5thCrystal Cove Alliance Invitational, CC, Laguna Beach, CA
8thAnnual Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational, Laguna Art Museum, CA
Chasing the Light, 2 artist show, AE Gallery, San Diego, Ca
2006 Sacred Spaces, Mission San Juan Capistrano, SJC
Capistrano Valley Invitational Plein Air, San Juan Capistrano, CA Honorable Mention
7th Annual Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational, Laguna Art Museum, CA
4thCrystal Cove Alliance Invitational, CC, Laguna Beach
2005 Focus Mexico: Art Expressions Gallery, San Diego,CA
6thAnnual Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
3rdCrystal Cove Alliance Invitational, CC, Laguna Beach, CA
Rocky Mountain Invitational, Winterpark, CO
2004 Uncommon Ground one woman show works of Italy, Southwest and California. Art Expressions
Gallery, San Diego, CA
6th Annual Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Sights of Southern California, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
94thGold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
American Miniatures 2004, Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, CA
Little Gems, Miniature Impressions, Villas & Verandas, SJC, CA
California Jewels, A Passion of 7 California Artists, Montecito, CA
Monumental Miniatures, CAC invitational Group Show, Old Mill Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2003 93rdGold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
Sights of Southern California, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana
Tucson Plein Air 2003, Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ . Judges Commendation
Malibu: On Location, Frederick Weisman Museum, Pepperdine University, Malibu, Ca
5thLaguna Plein Air, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
9thCAC Mission San Juan Capistrano,CA
1992-2002
CAC Maurice Braun Memorial, San Diego Maritime Museum, S.D, CA 3rdplace award
‘Sunlight & Shadow’, 2-person ,Art Expressions Gallery, San Diego, CA
Oil Painters of America National Show, Palm Desert, CA
91stGold Medal Exhibition, CAC, Pasadena Historical Museum, Pasadena, CA
Annual Laguna Beach Plein Air Invitational. Laguna Art Museum, LB, CA
Contemporary Views of L.A’s. Historic Chinatown, Longs Gallery, Chinatown, LA.,CA
CAC Plein Air Painting Mission San Juan Capistrano, CA 2ndPlace award
CAC Sights of Santa Ana, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA 3rdPlace award
Sights of Santa Ana , Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA:, Honorable Mention Award
Phippen Museum, Prescott, AZ; ‘On Location in Malibu’
Painting San Diego and Beyond, Art Expressions Gallery, San Diego, CA
Exchange Fine Arts, Orange, CA, 3 person show
Laguna Plein Air, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, Ca;
Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA; Sights of Santa Ana
Malibu on Location, CAC, Frederick R. Weisman Museum, Pepperdine University;
Back Bay Exhibition, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA,
Gold Medal Exhibition, CAC, Los Angeles Arboretum, L.A., CA;
Walt Disney Imagineering, L.A., CA; Herbert Ryman Invitational Exhibit
Orange County: awarded ‘’The California Emerging Artist of O.C.’
Publications:
LUXE.Interiors+ Design Magazine, Coast to Coast, by Kimberly Olson: Winter 2012
Artist’s Making Their Mark,Today’s Master’s, Fine Art Connoisseur: July/ Aug. 2011
California Light: A Century of Landscapes, by Jean Stern & Molly Siple, publ. Rizzoli Int. 2011
Southwest Art Magazine, “California Dreaming” by Mark Mussari, Oct 2010
100 Artists of the West Coast II, Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 2009
Land of Sunlight, contemporary paintings of San Diego, Publ. San Diego Flora, 2007
Orange Coast Magazine, The Artists, September 2006
Coast Magazine, Festival Fresh,, August 2006
California Art Club, 94th , Annual Gold Medal, California Art Academy, 2004
Art of the WestMagazine “For the Love of the Land” by Vicki Stavig, May/June 2004
Décor & Style, “Life as a Plein Artist” by Barbara Metz, May 2004
LifeScapes, April/May 2003, cover June-July 2003
California Art Club, 93rdAnnual Gold Medal, California Art Academy, 2003
California Art Club, 92ndAnnual Gold Medal, Pub. Pasadena Historical Museum, 2002
California Art Club, 91stAnnual Gold Medal, Pub. Pasadena Historical Museum, 2001
California Art Club, 90thAnnual Gold Medal, Pub. Pasadena Historical Museum, 2000
Décor & Style; “Robin Hall: Colors of California” by Laura Klesper, February 2000
On Location in Malibu, Pub. Frederick R. Weisman Museum, Pepperdine University, 1999
Education:
71-74 Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA
74-5 UC Irvine, Irvine, CA
Doug Higgins, Santa Fe, NM
Kevin MacPherson, L.A., CA
Sebastian Capella, La Jolla, CA
Laura Robb, Scottsdale, AZ, Taos, NM, RSF, CA
Dan Gerhartz, RSF, CA
Carolyn Anderson, RSF, CA
Daniel Keys, Scottsdale, AZ
Current Associations:
California Art Club, Signature Member
REPRESENTATION: Roger's Gardens https://www.rogersgardens.com
