“Breaking Away” (18×24)

Sometime I enjoy bringing more whimsy into some of my paintings. The image is simple…a clothes line with clothes pins set against a tree shadow on the ground. The rainbow of colors of some of the pins make the average wooden ones look pale and anemic. The normal pins are all in “lock step” fashion (holding tightly on to the line…one blindly following the other. One of the vibrant pins has broken away from the others to find its own way and two more are swinging and beginning to break free from the crowd. The questions are: Is there enough time and will they make it?

Robin Vander Hamm

I specialize in watercolors that are inspired by my world travels. My subject matter ranges from South American landscapes to the flora of California. The use of bright colors, original designs and exotic settings are components I bring to my paintings. The incredible range of transparent watercolor allows me to capture the fragile beauty of a single flower or the somber mood of a gray day. For me, an artist is only limited by their imagination and technical skill. The elements of control and spontaneity make it a challenging endeavor. The thought of ever mastering the medium becomes more and more elusive and perhaps a goal never to be fully achieved.

I find the process of creating watercolors very satisfying and it also provides many side benefits…the greatest of these is the ability to see beauty everywhere.

So please wander through these images. There is some text beneath each. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did creating them.