Title: Pansies in Repose
Medium: Airbrushed-automotive acrylics and polyurethane

Artist: Robin Tucker
Hometown: Little Rock

Contributing Sponsor: Gwen Pappas

Exhibitor: Garvan Woodland Gardens
Exhibit Location: 540 Arkridge Road

Artist Bio: Robin is a freelance artist from Little Rock who lives in a quiet neighborhood overlooking the Capitol with his girlfriend Ginny and their three cats. He is a military brat who has called Arkansas home ever since moving here in 1972.

While roaming the woods bird watching and collecting reptiles with two high school friends, it became evident to Robin that he wanted to attend Arkansas Tech to earn a degree in Fish and Wildlife management. Chemistry got the better of him and he decided to switch to the art department. He received his art degree from Tech in 1980 and did post graduate work in illustration and graphic design at UALR.

Between stints working in record stores and restaurants, he has been painting for a living ever since. Most of his commercial works are murals for restaurants, ad agencies, theaters and museums. His last project was a series of murals for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Headquarters in Little Rock. 

The drawings and painting he does for himself are on a much smaller scale and usually contain elements found in his garden and the natural world.

Artist Interpretation: "One wet, early spring day, staring into the garden, bird-watching, I saw the containers of pansies my girlfriend had planted the previous fall. The colors were vibrant against the unfortunate gray deck which has since been pressure washed and stained. 

"I thought painting the huge pansies on the chair would create a bold pattern which would draw the viewer closer, revealing even more details of the flowers. Our garden is beginning to explode into color and this chair represents a celebration of spring and the oncoming of summer."

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