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Robert Robbins Journal Reading
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I've been thinking a lot lately about this Lacanian theory of image and desire. This idea that any representation is a fraction of the whole, leaving us to desire the actual, caused me to think about not what is lost or desired, but what is amplified. Think of a recipe that uses a little salt. If you want to express the experience of the salt, you can leave out all the other ingredients and your guests will only taste salt. As I walked around the park and looked experienced, I asked what I wanted to take out and what I wanted to amplify. As a result, I made three distinct groups of paintings, each making its own claim. I am primarily a sordid artist. I use my plain air paintings to inform my large studio paintings. On Monday I start a new chapter as a painter and teacher.
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The 12 paintings I made here in three groups will be the canvas of my next group of large studio works.
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Robert Robbins Artist-in-Residence journal entry.
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NPS/Ranger Joe Gruzalski
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