Annie Robinson is an artist living and working in Powell River, BC, Canada.

About Annie

Annie (she/her) is a land-based painter and art therapist who makes her own materials out of foraged and natural color sources. Annie’s painting expresses landscape, a sense of place, and embodiment; she paints out on the land using ingredients from the surrounding place and her garden. This includes indigo dyeing and making inks and paints from wild pigments found in the earth, botanicals, and metals left from decaying industry. Annie’s personal art practice and practice in art therapy intertwine through the use of material, connection to the land, and her fellow artmakers in qathet, BC, the territory of the Tla’amin People.

Originally from Ohio, USA, Annie studied at Ohio State University, Maiwa School of Textiles, and Vancouver Art Therapy Institute. She has shown her work in Columbus, OH, Port Angeles, WA, Vancouver, BC, and the Sunshine Coast, BC. 

Annie’s art practice is inspired by a deep desire for joy with people and a connection to the land. She is fueled daily by mothering her two daughters and enjoys all of it with her husband and fellow artist, Joshua. 

My Process

I use found and natural materials; this way of making connects me to the earth that I depict. There’s a spark in the irony of finding an industrial artifact on the beach and experiencing it as both troubling and beautiful. This is a coexistence I express in my work, pairing colours made from industry with colours made from natural materials.

Here are a few aspects of my process.