About the Artist

Artist Statement - Jenni Robinson

Jenni creates drawings, paintings and prints of places & their abstracted elements.

Her work expanded from "landscapes" to the wider scope of "places" after becoming a mother - she had to make work where and when she could, and that led to more sketchbook use.  The sketchbooks started to represent not only the coastal views around Jenni’s home in Bangor, but also the regular domestic hangouts and items of importance within them. Using these books as her primary reference led to work becoming more abstract in style, favouring small elements and gestures over perfect renderings of a landscape. Her work raises themes of placemaking, childhood and heritage.

Creating mixed media drawings in situ allows Jenni to fully immerse herself in that place and capture what feels significant about that visit.  Printmaking (copper etching, aquatint, screen and mono) affords her ways to play with the resulting ideas in reproducible, original formats whereas her studio paintings currently stem from soak-staining large raw canvases and allow her to emotionally respond to places in varying scale and colour.

When you view the work you are offered a shared experience, whether by recognition of a place, a sentimental connection to an item, or an emotional reaction to a colour field.

Artist Bio

Jenni Robinson has been a professional artist since 2013.  Now based in Boom Studios in Bangor, Co Down, she has sold her landscape and abstract paintings and prints to customers all over the world including private and corporate commissions.

A member of several UK and Irish arts organisations, Jenni has received awards and grants to further her professional development including the competitive Artists Now Bursary in 2026, which enabled her to travel to Switzerland to study an exhibition of Helen Frankentaler’s work, the pioneering processes of which are a significant influence on Jenni’s paintings.