Robin Wesner is an abstract painter.

A self-taught artist, Wesner paints using a palette knife

Palette knife

A palette knife is a blunt tool used for mixing or applying paint, with a flexible steel blade. It is primarily used for mixing paint colors, paste, etc., or for marbling, decorative endpapers, etc...

 - a technique she learned from her father, artist and architect William Netherwood, who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Her works are based on the lines and curvature of flowers. She has completed over 80 large works in acrylic on canvas. Wesner is an artist member of the Noyes Museum of Art of Richard Stockton College. After earning a degree at the University of Tampa

University of Tampa

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, she began painting at age 23 while working as a teacher in Ocean City, New Jersey

Ocean City, New Jersey

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. Currently, she lives in Linwood, New Jersey

Linwood, New Jersey

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 with her husband, architect Ralph H. Wesner, in a home designed by her father. She has two children, Rick and Stuart.

Style

Wesner credits Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia Totto O'Keeffe was an American artist.Born near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, O'Keeffe first came to the attention of the New York art community in 1916, several decades before women had gained access to art training in America’s colleges and universities, and before any of its women artists...

 as inspiration for her simple aesthetic. Her paintings are typically on large canvases, which her husband Ralph helps her to construct. As to her method, Wesner says, "A single flower or a composition of several flowers marks my starting point for a painting. I use the lines, the natural curvature of the petals to form the basis of a first sketch. Within the framework of a simple formula, I strive to create a balanced and beautiful painting composed only with line and color."

Exhibitions

In October of 2010, Wesner was one of 42 artists chosen to have her work exhibited at Gloucester County College

Gloucester County College

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 as part of their YEA! Yo Emerging Artists Program.In April of 2011, her work was showcased at the Atlantic Cape Community College

Atlantic Cape Community College

Atlantic Cape Community College is an accredited, co-educational, two-year, public, community college located in both Atlantic County and Cape May County in New Jersey. ACCC enrolls more than 6,000 students...

 Art Gallery in a solo exhibition titled "Wild Flowers". She has also had other solo exhibitions in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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, Montreal

Montreal

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, Southampton, New York

Southampton (village), New York

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, and Atlantic City, New Jersey

Atlantic City, New Jersey

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, along with inclusion in gallery exhibits in New York City

New York City

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, the Faber Birren Color Show in Stamford, Connecticut

Stamford, Connecticut

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, and galleries throughout the New Jersey region from Atlantic City to Collingswood

Collingswood, New Jersey

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