Artist: Robin Bersinger | Location: Cheraw, SC
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Artist: Robin Bersinger | Location: Cheraw, SC
Cheraw, SC
Born in Alabama in 1956, Robin Bersinger spent her formative painting years in the Arkansas Ozarks. At age 12 in the 1970s, she painted professionally for her mother's art business, Dimensional Tole Painting by Libby. Her natural ability and drive for a formal art education sent her to the Kansas City Art Institute and Tyler School of Art, where she earned a BFA. During this time, she glued her first clothing on canvas due to the influence of artist Robert Rauschenberg. She later created a series of landscapes on vintage car parts and also began portraiture.
Motherhood inspired her to open a thrift shop. She drew small oil pastels of people in scenes, drawn from her life's encounters. She gravitated to education and taught middle school art and, later, high school photography, art, journalism and yearbook for a decade. Selected "Art Teacher of the Year" in North Little Rock, she earned respect for her work in an inner city art camp for "at risk" youth.
Today, she lives in Cheraw, SC, with her high school sweetheart and husband, David. She feels lucky to be able to paint everyday, her dream come true! Whether using photos or creating from her imagination, she paints large and small paintings -- dog portraits, still lifes, people/portraits, and landscapes using impressionistic brush strokes. She has been in many shows (including ArtFields), sold many works in the Southeast, and displays work in two galleries. Her paintings can be viewed at www.DressPaintingsByRobin.com.