Robin Clugston is a Canadian artist and illustrator raised in Ottawa, Ontario.
Robin has done many personal commissions and paintings during her time working as a freelance illustrator, along with a number of logos for small businesses and projects, and has had her work published in several magazines. She mostly works in watercolour, acrylic, gouache, graphite or digital paint (or any combination of these), but has also enjoyed experimenting with lino-printing, silk-screening, etching and more to create her images.
Robin holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Illustration from Sheridan College.
Please reach out to robinlaurel.clugston@gmail.com for inquiries about illustration work.
Artist Statement:
As an artist I portray the beauty that I see in the day-to-day life around me. I love to convey and share what I see when I look at the world, to show the extraordinary that is found in the ordinary.
Though I thoroughly enjoy my work as an illustrator, I am also working on a body of painted works. These are pieces that I use to search out and express more fully my own unique 'voice' in my work, to explore subjects and ideas that truly capture my interest and that I find to be fascinating and meaningful, while focusing on methods and mark-making at the same time. Bringing together the techniques and quality of craftsmanship of illustration with the personal exploration and conceptual nature of contemporary fine art, I use this as a jumping off point to take my work in new directions.
A huge thank you to the Canada Council for the Arts for funding this work in 2021 and 2022.