Carol Robertson’s paintings explore familiar geometric shapes such as circles, squares, diamonds and more recently, stars. Despite being resolutely abstract, her works have a firm connection to landscape, nature, and the environment. In Robertson’s words:
'The circle is the most archetypal of all the forms I use: it has a universal resonance, so frequently found in art, architecture and ritual: an evocation of the universe and the heavens: the journey inwards, or outward, to or from the centre: a symbol of wholeness, completion and infinity: the unbroken line with no beginning or end: the eternal cycle.'
Robertson uses poured and stained grounds in her paintings which create layers that are well suited to be translated into screenprint She has made two limited edition prints in collaboration with Kip Gresham at the studio – ‘Navajo’ and ‘Maya’; a number of her prints’ titles have been influenced by a trip to Central America that she took in 2013.
Robertson’s work has been exhibited extensively in the UK, Europe, Japan and the USA. Since 2001 she has been a Returning Fellow at the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ireland. In 2012 she was artist in residence at the Kunstgarten in Graz.
She lives and works in London.
