Robin Eschner is a painter and composer living in Northern California. Her paintings and prints have been steadily exhibited in galleries throughout the United States since 1975. Her award-winning artwork has been selected for publication in numerous books, and reproduced as posters, cards and prints.

Learn more about Robin's music here. Please visit TONE BENT.com to hear Robin and Bill Horvitz' acoustic duo.

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EXHIBITIONS

2010 "10-20-30" - Group Exhibition at Quercia Gallery, Duncans Mills, CA.

2008  "Wild Thing" – Group Exhibition at The Gallery at Cliff Lede Vineyards in Yountville. CA.

2007 Four Generations Gallery, Martha's Vineyard, group exhibition.

2005 "Waiting for God" - a solo exhibition at the Quicksilver Mine Company, Forestville, CA.

2004 "Recent Paintings" - I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA.

2003 "Artists Toy" - a group show at the Quicksilver Mine Company, Sebastopol, CA.

2002 "Conversations: A Manner of Living" - Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, California - December 2001 - January 2002. Two person show shared with Southern California sculptor, Moni Blom.

2001 "Artists and Writers: Collaboration and Inspiration" - The Sun Valley Center for the Arts, inclusion of Apologia - a limited edition book containing 23 hand printed woodcuts. Text by Barry Lopez, design by Chuck Hobson, published by Lone Goose Press.

2001 Western Books Exhibition 2001, showing The Letters of Heaven - a limited edition book containing 5 hand-colored etchings, text by Barry Lopez, published by the Knight Library Press, University of Oregon, Eugene.

2000 "Knowing Limits ... The Arts as Environmental Lens" - The Pratt Manhattan Gallery, The Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery, NYC. A group exhibition.

1999 "The Passing Wisdom of Birds" .... and other stories - I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA. Paintings in response to the writings of Barry Lopez.

1997 "New Paintings Reflecting the Writing of Barry Lopez" - Edith Caldwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

1997 "The Book as Art" - Edith Caldwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA. A group exhibition in which Apologia was represented. Apologia - a limited edition book containing 23 hand-printed woodcuts. Text by Barry Lopez, design by Chuck Hobson, published by Lone Goose Press.

1994 "The Alphabet Show - Twenty-Six Letters by Twenty-six Artists - Okeanos Gallery, Berkeley, CA. (Q, I am nothing without U.)

1994 "Crows and Roses" - Edith Caldwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

1993 "Self Portraits in Black and White" - Edith Caldwell Gallery, San Francisco, CA. A group exhibition for ZYZZYVA Press.

etc. ON DOWN TO 1978

PUBLICATIONS AND AWARDS

2009-2010 Artwork for the annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival

2009 "Sometimes in the Open," a collection of works written by California Poet's Laureate –use of my image "Passing Wisdom of Birds" as cover art.

2008 "Teach Yourself Visually" Dreamweaver CS3 by Janine C. Warner – inclusion of my website as an example for use by people learning how to use this program.

2001 "Artists and Writers: Collaboration and Inspiration" - The Sun Valley Center for the Arts, inclusion of Apologia - a limited edition book containing 23 hand printed woodcuts. Text by Barry Lopez, design by Chuck Hobson, published by Lone Goose Press.

2001 Western Books Exhibition 2001, inclusion of The Letters of Heaven - a limited edition book containing 5 hand-colored etchings, text by Barry Lopez, published by the Knight Library Press, University of Oregon, Eugene.

2000 The Letters of Heaven, text by Barry Lopez. Published by The Knight Library Press, Eugene ,Oregon. A set of five hand colored etchings within a limited edition of 135 books. Selected to be included in the 2001 Western Books Exhibition.

1998 Bite Every Sorrow, text by Barbara Ras, winner of the 1997 Walt Whitman Award of The Academy of American Poets. Artwork for jacket - "Sally Always Wondered if She Was Adopted," watercolor. Published by The Louisiana State University Press.

1998 Apologia, text by Barry Lopez, published by The University of Georgia Press. Twenty-three woodblock images. Winner of the Southern Book Competition 1997 and 1998, Southeastern Library Association's Award of Excellence. Also a limited edition 'fine art' book with 23 woodblock images which join together in accordion fashion to complete one long image.

1993 On Water, text by Thomas Farber, published by Okeanos Press, Berkeley, CA. Woodblock print as jacket-cover artwork.

1990 Deadlines, text by Phil Cousineau, published by Sisyphus Press, San Francisco, CA. A series of nine woodblock images, including jacket cover artwork. Winner of the 1992 Fallot Literary Award for combined artwork and content by the National Association of Independent Publishers.

1990 Mexican Standoff - text by William Everson, published by The Lapis Press, Emeryville, CA. Designed and printed by Les Ferris. Woodblock image.

Ongoing – published fine art cards and posters and artwork for concert posters for the Occidental Community Choir. 

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