Patchwork Crisis

This painting developed from an idea of holding or containing space. I have often returned to the idea of nets or linear structures, both in my drawings and paintings. This work explores layers of color and subtle shifts in form, inviting the viewer into a contemplative space. Created with oil on Belgian linen, the surface reveals a balance of texture and gesture. It’s a piece that evolves the longer you spend with it, offering a quiet but dynamic presence in any space.

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Amanda Robins is an Australian painter whose work explores psychological and emotional states through abstract oil paintings and works on paper. Her practice is driven by an ongoing interest in painting as a way of investigating inner experience and the possibilities of materials like oil paint and watercolour.

Working intuitively in the studio, Robins experiments with colour, gesture and form, allowing the process of painting to unfold through exploration and play. The studio remains a space of curiosity and discovery, where ideas emerge through the physical act of making.

Robins studied painting and drawing at Monash University, the Victorian College of the Arts and the College of Fine Art, UNSW. She has taught painting and drawing at several tertiary institutions in Australia and was Head of Painting and Drawing at the South Australian School of Art in Adelaide from 2006 to 2009.

Alongside her studio practice, she works as a psychotherapist in private practice, working with people with a history of attachment trauma
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Website: amandarobinsart.com