Ravell Robinson

Ravell Robinson has devoted his life to creating a time machine to transport himself to a magnificent wonderland. In paintings bright with color and imagination he strives to recapture the sensation we all felt when first realizing that the world is filled with marvelous things. His is a landscape filled with fantastic creatures, extinct animals and mythical beasts that live and thrive with concerns, both great and small, that mirror our own.

 

Born and raised an hour north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Ravell Robinson, aka RavellXIV, is an autistic, self-taught artist who spent years seeking a medium to share the stories in his head. Starting with a story, idea or theme and working primarily in acrylics, Ravell renders his visions in a palette of bright primary colors sometimes straight from the tube. His drawing is even more daring, with creatures and elements based on his inner vision of shapes and lines that seek to describe the stories in his mental landscape. Interwoven throughout his paintings are carefully chosen and rendered elements that are sometimes descriptive, sometimes decorative, but always adding to the narrative in his work.

 

Strongly influenced by the artwork of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Henri Matisse, Pablo Pica...

I received my G.E.D via West Feliciana School System.

I did the whole college thing for a little while, but then I realized that it wasn't for me. So I pursued alternative forms of understanding, something like backpacking through Europe, but for me it was Stand up Comedy. I think that life was the best form of University for me.

It showed me that the perspective that is required for life success, is a kind of Perspective that allows you to move forward without restraint.

Tricera Gallery: Tokyo, Japan 2020-ongoing

MidCity Artisans Gallery: Baton Rouge, LA 2023-2024

Slotin Folkart Auction: Buford, GA Aug 2024-April 2025

January 16th-February 23rd 2025
"BSNC Swamp Art Spectacular"
Baton Rouge, LA