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vrobison

vrobison
Date Joined: February 16, 2009
Last Online: July 13, 2011
Birthday: March 8
Country: United States
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About Me

I am a wife, mother of two, art instructor, animal lover, horse trainer and avid gardener. I was born and raised in the mid west. I truly love small town life and the advantages it bring but sometimes dream of visiting such places as Paris and Australia(I need a passport first). I am not a morning person, love the calm before a storm and the strong colors of the sky. I have suffered for almost ten years from migraines.

I have two children: a daughter who currently serves in the Army as a radiology tech and recently completed a 15 month tour in Iraq and a son who is a high school junior.

I have taught art for 19 years in the same school district. The first 14 years I taught k-8th grade, the last 5 years I have taught secondary students. I seem to connect with them more than the wee ones. Sometimes I dream of just producing art but I would miss the interaction and inspiration I receive from my students. I try to stay current with trends and vocabulary. Here are a few that have interested me lately: zentangle, mail art, ephemera,steampunk, ambigrams and typography. I really like mixing new techniques with anything vintage.

My personal art involves drawing, and painting with a focus on photorealism but I love abstract work that focuses on texture and values. Horse images play an important role in my work. I would like to give a serious attempt at collage. I am drawn to strong lights and darks and you could say that is my style. My favorite color varies but orange/pink, teal/brown, natures colors(rust, stone, wood, water) and black seem to speak to me. But all colors have there place. I don't usually work with pastels but the light blue color of a robins egg is so soothing. And I love all animal prints especially zebra!

My husband and I ride and train barrel horses. In the summer we travel throughout the mid west competing. This gives me an opportunity to take lots of photographs. We live on 30 acres and I have huge flower gardens. My favorite flower is the iris. I think it is because it reminds me of my grandmas garden. I grow mostly perennials and experiment with color arrangements, textural interesting plants. And in the middle of our gardens we have a large koi pond.

Favorite Books

I recently read the Shack and all the Twilight series. I have enjoyed such books as, The Left Behind Series, The Hidden Children, Artemis Fowl, and all the Harry Potter books. I keep a list of recommended books and next on the list is The Secret Life of Bees.

Favorite Music

I have all kinds of music on my ipod(ok NO rap), but if I had to choose it would be top 40 country music and 80's rock.

Favorite Crafts

I enjoy scrapbooking, and card making. Sometimes I will work for hours and hours and then maybe not do a single thing for 9 months. I can knit and crochet. I have tried cross stitch, quilting (mostly I have looking at fabric colors, prints and textures), and calligraphy. Sometimes I try something and enjoy it but don't feel the need to ever do it again. I have an art studio that is to die for and I collect supplies. I love going to auctions and finding buttons, silverware, spools, jewelry, old advertisements. But I sometimes don't have a plan for how to use those items. I often feel guilty that I don't use it near enough. Sometimes life just gets in the way of creativity.

Blog

I recently started a blog to share my art with others. http://whitehorseranch.blogspot.com/ If you have a moment and are out and about on the web please, please stop by! I love to share my work. And in my complete profile I have numerous artist's sites I enjoy. (I should be creating work now instead of surfing.)

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Comment: Thank you for being so understanding :) I will get mine out SOON!
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Comment: OH MY GOD!!! You are so very talented!!! I can't thank you enough for the absolutely gorgeous ATCs!!! And to include and "I" one as well!!! Thank you, you went waaaaay beyond any expectations!! <3
Response: Your welcome! They were lots of fun to do.
Kyrian rated for 4 Seasons ATC Swap on Apr 25, 2009
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Comment: I am so glad I got you for a partner. I Love the ATCs you sent me! Did you draw these? They are so good! And this might sound funny, but I wish I had your handwriting. Thanks so much!
Response: Yes I designed and hand drew them. Then added the color with winsor and newton watercolors. I am so glad you like them!
craftsgalore rated for Sheet Music ATC on Apr 25, 2009
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Comment: I love these cards, thank you so much. They are now in my album to be treasured with the rest of my collection.
Alphenquilts rated for Wings ATC on Apr 24, 2009
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Comment: very lovely ATC's!
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Comment: Abosolutely beautiful cards! Thank you so much. I love them both!
pbially rated for Faeries, gnomes and whimsy ATC on Apr 13, 2009
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Comment: i really enjoyed the hand drawn card...very kool.
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Comment: What can I say? The cat is just out of this world. I feel like framing it and putting it on the wall! It's wonderful. Thank you. I like the elephant too, of course, but well, you know, cats etc :) Big thanks, hugs Susie.
scalpelplease05 rated for Spring Lotto/scratcher swap. on Mar 23, 2009
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Comment: Wow! you are talented! I Love it all! Thank you
Barbara rated for For the Love of Hearts on Mar 9, 2009
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Comment: Thank you for a beautiful LOVE pc!
Response: Your welcome!
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Comment: What lovely hand drawn ATCs! You're a very good artist! I also loved the Chihuahua bonus card. Thank you so much!
Response: I laughed when I read your chihuahua was named Brutus. We have a great dane, 3 corgis and a chihuahua named Taco
Bingomama rated for Spring Lotto/scratcher swap. on Mar 5, 2009
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Comment: Thank you for the tickets- no winners in the bunch, but that was ok- I love to play- its fun!!! :)
Response: Darn it I was hoping you would win big!!!!!!!!!!!
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Comment: wow so much paper.i got it not long after messaging you.thanks so much.feel bad now that i didnt send as much.:)
Response: What you sent was great. I just had alot and wanted to share! Thanks for swapping with me.
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BeingJulia rated for Faeries, gnomes and whimsy ATC on Mar 2, 2009
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Comment: This card was incredibly beautiful!! Even my very guyish boyfriend said, "Hey...can I keep this one?" (Um.. NO) very very nice. Thank you so much for sharing it with me!
Response: Thank you so much for the kind words. I am very new to this so I was not sure exactly if I was creating something someone else would enjoy receiving. Thanks again
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Comment: Great blogs, plus lots of extra blogs to look at later... Thanks!
Response: Sure glad you enjoyed them.

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Comments

raven on Feb 27, 2010:

Wishing you a very Happy March Birthday atc

form Raven and the Monthly ATC Swappers Group

B3ntButN0tbrok3n on Nov 13, 2009:

saw you were in the last zentangel/doodle mailart swap and thought u might want to be in this one

http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/49143 (: Hope To See You There..

raven on Jul 19, 2009:

atc

blagh on Apr 29, 2009:

The next Sketchbox swap is live: Wildflowers!

Kyrian on Apr 28, 2009:

Hi, me again. First of all, I really do love your art and your website. You inspire me to work on my art more. Second, I just wanted to ask you if you created your ATC info stickers of if you got them somewhere. And it looks like you used the watercolor paper for the ATC, what kind of ink pen did you use, I find that my pens don't work so well on the watercolor paper.

shfacey on Apr 8, 2009:

Thank you for joining my 4 Seasons ATC swap.

raven on Mar 4, 2009:

Happy Birthday from Raven and the Monthly ATC Swappers Group birthday

raven on Mar 4, 2009:

Click for a shortcut welcome

Thanks for joining us...Hope you enjoy the group

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