Robin Weiss portray chosen for 2021 Edmonds Arts Festival poster

The 2021 Edmonds Arts Festival poster will be graced by an impression of “Market Day in Edmonds,” an oil portray by nationally acknowledged area artist Robin Weiss.

Growing up in Ohio, Weiss began drawing at an early age. His initial art instructor and mentor, Louis Penfield, inspired him to sketch and paint from lifestyle. They made artwork and also manufactured a studio adjacent to Penfield’s property, which experienced been developed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Whether or not painting nonetheless life compositions or gathering materials for pure sculptures, Weiss was creating an recognition of the elegance of day-to-day objects, folks, and areas. In 2006, he joined the day-to-day painters’ motion soon after reading about Duane Keiser and Julian Merrow Smith. Motivated to enrich the high-quality of his paintings and obtaining inspiration from the dedicated artists he fulfilled on the web, his artwork immediately formulated, garnering him national notice. Currently Weiss paints complete-time, primarily in oils. He hopes to keep on to expand as an artist, each in technological ability and inventive interpretation.

“As a total-time artist, performing primarily in plein air, I take pleasure in the extraordinary magnificence that surrounds us,” Weiss reported. “I attempt to mirror that splendor on canvas, using gentle and color to develop a scene that captures the eye and draws a particular person in to experience the ambiance of the place.”

Weiss at this time paints and teaches at Knowles Studio in Poulsbo, along with printmaker and artwork instructor Leigh Knowles Metteer. His paintings will be