Deborah Robins

My background has been as a designer and illustrator in fashion. Over the last 12 years I have been drawing and painting and I am continuing my exploration of the human figure and my love of line and movement.
Currently I am working in oils, pastels and with Chinese ink wash techniques. Texture and background are very important to me. I work from the background forward into the subject matter, allowing the texture and emotion of background to inform my line and colour choices.
I am originally from South Africa where I studied fashion and worked as a designer. I emigrated to the UK in 1985 and carried on working as a designer and fashion illustrator until 2004 when I decided to concentrate more on my art.

2006 - Present
MARY WARD CENTRE, London - Part time Drawing and Painting under the tutor and artist Caroline Deane

1978 - 1979
ST MARTINS SCHOOL OF ART, London - Post Graduate Diploma in Fashion Design

1973 - 1975
NATAL TECH, Durban - Diploma in Fashion Design

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 June - Islington Arts Factory, London - Summer Salon 2019

2017 January/February - Central St Giles, London - HSoA Exhibition

2016 June - Islington Arts Factory, London - Summer Salon 2016

2015 June - Islington Arts Factory, London - Summer Salon 2015

2015 February - Pastel Society UK Annual Exhibition - Mall Galleries London

2014 June - Islington Arts Factory, London - Summer Salon 2014

2014 June - Pastel Society UK Annual Exhibition - Mall Galleries London

2013 November - Islington Art Society - The Original Art Gallery London

2013 Jujy - Islington Arts Factory, London - Summer Salon 2013

2013 June - Pastel Society UK Annual Exhibition - Mall Galleries London

2013 May - Draw More, Rootstein Hopkins Foundation - Morley Gallery London

2012 Jujy - Islington Arts Factory, London - Summer Salon 2012

2011 May - Draw More, Rootstein Hopkins Foundation - Morley Gallery London