Born in 1982, in Grimsby, England, Paul Robinson is a skilled fine artist who has diversified to produce an eclectic portfolio of digital, graphic and photographic work.
His talent – for combining disjointed and seemingly disconnected elements seamlessly together – has been commended by the Saatchi Gallery and, celebrated contemporary artist, Martin Maloney.
Paul draws on memories and personal history, re-imagining and appropriating distant but familiar objects, patterns and feelings to create abstract and vivid metaphors.
“Pink Bear” is Paul’s most iconic work. The costumed figure based on a cuddly toy bear – which features in an 80s, Robinson family portrait – exists between reality and make-believe, innocence and corruption, and is an enduring motif in Paul’s work.
The Pink Bear is not a man in a costume, it is an alter ego. The pink bear has a whimsical sense of playfulness through its association with childhood memories, yet remains firmly attached to adulthood through the tainted surfaces that surround the character in the abstract spaces of the paintings.
Images courtesy of Paul Robinson
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