Robin de Lavis

Robin de Lavis is a multi-disciplinary artist who lives and works from Hornby Island off the west coast of Canada. Her artistic training has included Fine, Applied and Computer Arts. She has been the recipient of many awards including a full scholarship to complete a Diploma of Classical Animation from the Vancouver Film School. All the elements of her years of study and practice are expressed through the medium of paint and through digital imagery, especially mandalas, created on the computer.

I am a colourist who is drawn to complex patterns and design.

Lately I have been exploring our relationship with nature, often using birds and fish as symbols of regeneration, weaving them with symbols like Nuclear Energy and the DNA strand.

I ask the questions, 'Should science trump all? Have we lost our way in our desire to use technology to manipulate the rhythms and balance of the planet?' My paintings are an invitation to the viewer to look more closely at the hidden costs of experimentation and the assumptions we collectively make in our desire to control our environment and ultimately, ourselves.

Robin de Lavis is a multi-disciplinary artist who lives and works from Hornby Island off the west coast of Canada. Her artistic training has included Fine, Applied and Computer Arts. She has been the recipient of many awards including a full scholarship to complete a Diploma of Classical Animation from Vancouver Film School. All the elements of her years of study and practice are expressed through the medium of paint and digital imagery.

"In the fury of the moment I can see the Master's hand

In every leaf that trembles, in every grain of sand."

Bob Dylan