About the Artist
About Me
Bio
Robin Hall grew up in California. Her mother was an artist, whose easels of wet paintings filled her studio and the household kitchen. “Growing up and watching canvases evolve, gave me a sense of curiosity along with a no fear approach when I started to experiment with painting.”
Hall’s early work focused on the open fields of Orange County with a rush to capture the land, as it was quickly being developed. Today, Robin finds inspiration in how light, the important factor, can transform a place or object. “There is never a lack of inspiration as it is found everywhere; a back alley, a walk on the beach, fruit at the market, an old watering can- Artists just see things differently”.
Robin’s work has been featured in numerous museums and galleries throughout the U.S. Her art has been included in publications such as California Light, Painting California, Contemporary Paintings of San Diego, as well as many magazine feature articles and catalogs of exhibits. Robin is currently a signature member of the California Art Club.
“I will forever consider myself a student of art, continually looking for new approaches and techniques, while continually working to keep my paintings fresh and notable”.
Selected Exhibitions:
2022 111th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
2021 110th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Hilbert Museum, Orange, CA
2020 109th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Hilbert Museum, Orange, CA virtual
2019 108th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art
2018 107th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, L.A., CA
2017 106th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Autry Museum, L.A.,CA
2016 105th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Autry Museum, L.A.,CA
2015 104th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Fisher Museum, USC, LA
2014 103rd Annual 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 101th Annual Gold Medal Juried Exhibition, Autry Museum, LA, CA
2011 100th Annual 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
99th year Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
2009 Laguna Plein Air Invitational, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
2008 97th Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum California Art, Pasadena, CA
Juror SOCALPAPA Back Bay Exhibit 2008, Murth Interpretive Center, NB, CA
6th Crystal 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 96th Gold Medal Exhibition, Pasadena Museum California Art, Pasadena, CA
Landmark Natural Splendors of Orange County, The Oaks, SJC, CA
5th Crystal Cove Alliance Invitational, CC, Laguna Beach, CA
8th Annual 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
4th Crystal Cove Alliance Invitational, CC, Laguna Beach
2005 Focus Mexico: Art Expressions Gallery, San Diego,CA
7th Annual Laguna Plein Air Painting Invitational, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
3rd Crystal 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
94th Gold 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 93rd Gold 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
5th Laguna Plein Air, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
9th CAC Mission San Juan Capistrano,CA
1992-2002
CAC Maurice Braun Memorial, San Diego Maritime Museum, S.D, CA 3rd place award
‘Sunlight & Shadow’, 2-person ,Art Expressions Gallery, San Diego, CA
Oil Painters of America National Show, Palm Desert, CA
91st Gold 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 2nd Place award
CAC Sights of Santa Ana, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA 3rd Place 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:
Painting California- Seascapes and Beach Towns, Jean Stern and Molly Siple, Rizzoli 2017
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 West Magazine “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, 93rd Annual Gold Medal, California Art Academy, 2003
California Art Club, 92nd Annual Gold Medal, Pub. Pasadena Historical Museum, 2002
California Art Club, 91st Annual Gold Medal, Pub. Pasadena Historical Museum, 2001
California Art Club, 90th Annual 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
Gallery Representation:
Rogers Gardens Fine Art Gallery
