Robin Bandenieks

Art on 28th Robin's country home invites visitors to view her oil paintings in a salon style setting. Her realistic, colourful work includes figurative, still life, and animals (especially dogs). >>>The Langley Times May, 2010

Biography As someone who has always been attracted to the visual arts, as well as a collector of art, in 1999 it finally became my time to pick up a paint brush and begin to paint. Since then, in self-directed studies, painting has become my passion—a joyful problem solving journey exploring the wonders of oil paint on canvas using brush, palette knife, and often my fingers. I vary my palette, but frequently return to earth hues.  

My many years of working in a microbiology laboratory honed my skills of observation and curiosity, and the subtleties of colour, while living on a farm in the beautiful Fraser Valley has increased my awareness of light, atmosphere, and the seasonal fluctuations of Mother Nature.

I was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, but moved to Aldergrove, British Columbia when I was eight years old. Over the years, I have traveled the world and all the provinces of Canada. My life is shared with my husband and son, two cats, and a big loveable dog.

Training

• Self-directed studies, art workshops
• Studied with the artist Susan J. Falk
• Mentored by the talented FLAG artists

Membership

• ACE—Aldergrove Community Enhancement Committee
• FLAG—Fort Langley Artist’s Group
• Langley Arts Council, Director 2008-2010

Awards

• Recipient of the Jurors Choice Award for works on canvas, (right), at the 2005 Random Acts of Art show held in at the Langley Centennial Museum and National Exhibition Centre (Fort Langley) in collaboration with the Langley Arts Council

Other

• Facilitator Kwantlen College TALK Series (November 2007) at the Langley Centennial Museum and NEC
• My goal is to archive FLAG in recognition of all the artists who have contributed to the growth of the arts (especially in Fort Langley) and to their fellow artists
• Designed, posted, and manage the FLAG web site

 

Please note: I sign my paintings R. Band

Snoozin' (11 x 14") - completed September 2009
SOLD

Pink Hoodie (16 x 20") - Painted on site during the
Campbell Valley Country Celebrations,
September 2009

Prawns and Lemons (16 x 20")
- Inspired by a photograph sent to me from
my cousin taken during
"An All Girls Weekend" - they were really living it up!
Completed October 2009