2021
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS by Robin Hostick
24 x 48 in.
The less-often-visited Needles District of Canyonlands National Park is a treasure of stunning beauty that sometimes feels like another planet. The remoteness and difficulty of access makes these landscapes even more special. This painting is inspired by a view across Chesler Park, a hidden gem of desert prairie surrounded by multicolored palisades of sandstone. Mid-day light suffuses the landscape warm hues from the sandstone.
Canyonlands at Chesler Park is painted in acrylic on 1-1/2” gallery profile canvas with hand-painted, neutral-toned edges for a contemporary look with or without a frame. The work arrives ready to hang.
2021
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS by Robin Hostick
36 x 48 in.
There’s something about the quality of light in Bryce Canyon that sets it apart from any other place I’ve experienced. The layers of ash, compressed and eroded over millennia into a vast network of spires and gullies, seem to refract light in a unique way. Here, not long after sunrise, the great bowl of sculpted land glows with light. Bryce Point rises in the background at over 8200 feet elevation. In this work I aimed to express the intensity and variation of color of Bryce, combined with the softness of distance of a clear morning.
Bryce Canyon is painted in acrylic on 1-1/2” gallery profile canvas.
2021
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS by Robin Hostick
30 x 48 in.
It may sound strange to talk about stone in terms of personality, but in Joshua Tree National Park, it’s a thing. The rock in JT is massive but also finely sculpted, giving it a special quality that reminds one of faces and fantastic creatures - sort of like cloud watching. Similarly, it can also be hard to capture. This work recedes into shadow while pulling forward into full sunlight, lending depth and solidity to the stone. The smaller pinnacles reminded me of human figures, which give the scene an ineffable sense of presence and mystery I feel in this landscape.
Joshua Tree at Belle is painted in acrylic on 1-1/2” gallery profile canvas with hand-painted, neutral-toned edges for a contemporary look with or without a frame. The work arrives ready to hang.
2021
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS by Robin Hostick
24 x 48 in.
In my explorations, I also like to time travel in my mind. What were these landscapes like a thousand years ago? Or even a hundred? As an artist, I sometimes enjoy sharing this viewpoint through my work. This scene is inspired by an iconic view in Arches National Park as one drives onto the main plateau past Courthouse Wash. In this version I’ve turned back the clock to a time before highways and RVs. Glowing rimrocks and distant peaks draw the eye forward through gateways of towering monoliths; quintessential desert southwest.
Arches at Courthouse Wash is painted in acrylic on 1-1/2” gallery profile canvas with hand-painted, neutral-toned edges for a contemporary look with or without a frame. The work arrives ready to hang.
2021
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS by Robin Hostick
36 x 80 in.
Looking across the vastness of the Grand Canyon from this classic vantage point on the south rim is an iconic experience of the American west. For me, the experience brings up feelings of awe and humility in the scale of time and space revealed by the canyon - qualities I strived to express in this large work. The Colorado River is just visible in the bottom of the canyon.
Grand Canyon South Rim is painted in acrylic on 1-1/2” hollow-core birch panel with hand-painted, neutral-toned edges for a contemporary look with or without a frame. The work arrives ready to hang.
2021
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS by Robin Hostick
18 x 24 in.
The sculptural rock formations of Joshua Tree National Park often take center stage, but the trees themselves, along with other diverse plan life, are just as beautiful and interesting to me. This is a portrait of a Joshua tree in its natural habitat near Black Rock in early spring. Cool shadows pool on the mountain sides while clear sun strikes highlights from the tree’s beautiful form.
Joshua Tree at Black Rock is painted in acrylic on 1-1/2” gallery profile canvas with hand-painted, neutral-toned edges for a contemporary look with or without a frame. The work arrives ready to hang.
2021
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS by Robin Hostick
30 x 40 in.
$3400
Anza Borrego State Park is a vast preserve of stunning desert beauty. The beautiful ocotillo presents a contrast of form and color in a vast landscape of changing shadows. This homage to the park recalls a view from the entrance to Palm Canyon, looking across the Borrego Basin in the early spring.
Palm Canyon Ocotillo is painted in acrylic on 1-1/2” gallery profile canvas with an artist-selected floating frame. The work arrives ready to hang.
2021
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS by Robin Hostick
24 x 36 in.
Capitol Reef National Park is best seen on foot among the towering, tilted rimrocks and gorges of the Waterpocket Fold - the massive geologic feature that dominates the park’s incredible landscapes. Grand Wash is a narrow slice through massive sandstone monoliths, a place that puts everything in perspective. I don’t often include human figures in my paintings, but this work is an exception. The sheer scale of these walls, the painterly stripes of desert varnish, and the intense glow of morning light speak to the magic of this place.
Capitol Reef at Grand Wash is painted in acrylic on 1-1/2” gallery profile canvas with hand-painted, neutral-toned edges for a contemporary look with or without a frame. The work arrives ready to hang.
2021
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS by Robin Hostick
18 x 24 in.
This stone sentinel in Joshua Tree National Park caught my attention one morning. Situated on the shoulder of a hill, it seemed to be surveying the park’s vast, savanna-like landscape, or marking some occasion in the ancient past. This painting is inspired by the monolith in the golden hour of early spring. I can almost feel the stone warming up, waking up.
Joshua Tree at Sheep Pass is painted in acrylic on 1-1/2” gallery profile canvas with hand-painted, neutral-toned edges for a contemporary look with or without a frame. The work arrives ready to hang.
2021
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS by Robin Hostick
48 x 48 in.
$6500
Northeast of Lake Meade, where my grandmother’s home town of St. Thomas was submerged beneath the reservoir in the 1930s, lies a landscape aflame with the most intense, fantastically sculpted red rocks. This work is inspired by a journey through Valley of Fire State Park and its maze-like monoliths and canyons which beg for exploration. Here, late afternoon light casts the land in color, even in the depths of shadow. Similar to the landscape itself, this large painting invites the eye to explore.
Valley of Fire is painted in acrylic on 1-1/2” gallery profile canvas with hand-painted, neutral-toned edges for a contemporary look with or without a frame. The work arrives ready to hang.