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Last Updated:  Feb  16, 2025

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About Me

Russian - American Artist

Artist Statement and Schedule

Artist Statement and Schedule

  

My name is Tatyana Robberts. I was born in Russia on the territory of Ural Mountains. When I was one year old my parents moved to small very old town in central part of the country.  The Town, where I grew up,  was founded in the year 1583. It is located on high coast of the Volga River ( largest river in Europe). From this place you ca

  

My name is Tatyana Robberts. I was born in Russia on the territory of Ural Mountains. When I was one year old my parents moved to small very old town in central part of the country.  The Town, where I grew up,  was founded in the year 1583. It is located on high coast of the Volga River ( largest river in Europe). From this place you can see very nice landscapes for miles around with spectacular views of the sunset and sunrise and ships moving up and down the Volga. Many nice cathedrals and houses from natural wood designed by woodcarvers. 

 The house where I grew up was built in the 18th century. The first people who lived there were the workers which built  the cathedral which was located next to the house. This cathedral  is a very beautiful architecture building from red brick  that is still in use today. But after revolution this cathedral has been turned in to a museum and art gallery and it functioned as a museum till Perestroyka. In this gallery were the works of some very famous Russian painters: Ayvazovskiy, Kramskoy, Feshin , Brullov  and many more. I remember as I was coming to gallery and would stay and look on some of those master pieces for a  long time and think : ''How they could do it? '' So, I think all this atmosphere of  beauty around me awakened the artist in the young girl I was at that time. This  feeling of beauty and harmony I keep in my heart for all of my life. From my earliest memories I have always loved to draw. Best presents for me at that age were colored pencils and water colors. 

 Later in age from 11 to 15, I attended  Children's art school in addition to regular school classes. It was 4 hours of classes every day except weekends. Painting , drawing, composition, sculpture and history of art. And it was almost free! My parents payed really small money for it. Kids could go to any school as art, musician, sports or any other interests and get free education . We had good system of education during Soviet Union. The country supported talented kids .

  After Art school at age 15  years old I left home and passed exam to Art College . Next 4 years were  hard but very  interesting in my life. I learned a lot more about art and first time visited Hermitage. Don't remember when I opened Impressionists for myself , probably when I was in college, but I loved some of them a lot and still do ! Claude Monet and August Renoir, Degas and Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh and Cezanne. Surikov, Repin, Shishkin, Serebryakova, Kystodiev, Vrubel and many more from Russia. We always get influence from such big masters!  At age 19 I earned a bachelors degree in fine art and interior design. 20 years I worked as designer full time, raised 2 boys in marriage and always wanted to paint but didn't really have a time for it. In 2000, my second marriage brought me to the US....

 After a few years when my English became a little better I decided to find some professional artists who are painting plein air.  I  remember how I attend first competition in Saint Louis ''Lafayette Square '' and met some  strong artists.  Since then I call them  ''sharks." On 3rd year at this event my work got ''Best of Show'' award and then I decided to follow this path and learn about plein air and painting in general as much as I can. I took some workshops from guys who already have been  successful in this field and knew a lot more than me at that time about plein air. Billyo, J. Been, N, Gordon, A.Kriegshauser, P. Saunders, V.Korolenkov , P. Starke and G.Svagrik. They  shared some info with me and I learned something new about plein air. Plus some books and videos (Thank God we live in era of internet!) gave me some knowledge which I try to combine with my formal education when I am painting  in those days . 

Basically all life is  a school and we are learning all the time and continue to do it until will be gone....  These days I am doing primarily plein air events but attending 2-3 local judged in Art Shows 

Artist Statement and Schedule

Artist Statement and Schedule

Artist Statement and Schedule

Statement

I really believe that Mother-Nature is the best teacher, especially when it comes down to plein air. Just observe, look, listen, smell and create your interpretation of the subject, or the light, or the moment in time. Don't just try to copy, you will lose. God's creation is always the best! Enjoy listening to the bird's, river's

Statement

I really believe that Mother-Nature is the best teacher, especially when it comes down to plein air. Just observe, look, listen, smell and create your interpretation of the subject, or the light, or the moment in time. Don't just try to copy, you will lose. God's creation is always the best! Enjoy listening to the bird's, river's, ocean's, and wind's singing. But! create your own music, your song. So it is what I am trying to do in my works lately. To achieve my goals in a particular work I would paint sometimes "wet on wet," colored or textured canvases. Landscapes, still life's, portraits, figures, I prefer to work from nature! More likely my style is impressionistic realism and lately I try to show more expression in my works. I follow my mood when choosing the motive. Something should "grab me" and talk to my soul before I will start to paint. I love the color and believe that it has very strong emotional influence on us, and people have still not discovered completely how we are affected by it. To be very selective and to reach more expressiveness is my goal in my works at the present moment.


2025 Schedule


February 14 - May 4, Exhibition, Valentines Day, reception 5-7pm, everyone welcome

Green Root Gallery, 125 E Main Street, Belleville, Illinois


April

4-11 April Bryan, Tx Invitational Plein Air Event


May

10-18 May, New Bern North Carolina, juried Plein Air Event


June


14-22 June, Red Wing, Mn, Plein Air Event


July


4th of July, Hinstale's 4th for All Art Fair, Hinsdale, IL. ( Chicago Suburb)


10-20 July, Plein Air Easton Competition and Arts Festival.  Easton, MD. Nation's largest outdoor art competition. Fifty-eight of the world's top plein air artists vie for thousands of dollars in prizes every July in Easton, MD. the week culminates in a gallery exhibit and sale on July 18th!


August


6-9 August, Mineral Point, WI Plein Air Event


22-24 August Salute to the Arts, Art Festival, Farview Heights, IL, Invited back as one of awarded artists in 2024


September


12-14 September "Mosaics" art festival, St. Charles, Mo.


October


TBD


November


TBD




Schedule will be updated as more information becomes available.

Awards and Recognition

Artist Statement and Schedule

Awards and Recognition

Exhibition Finalist of Oil Painters of America 2022 and 2024

Exhibition Finalist of American Impressionist Society 2021 and 2024


2024


Award of Excellence - "Mosaics" Art Festival, St. Charles, Mo.


Award of Excellence - "Salute to the Arts" Art Festival, Fairview Heights, Il.

  

Best in Parks award - at "Paint Webster", Webster Groves, Mo.


Award 

Exhibition Finalist of Oil Painters of America 2022 and 2024

Exhibition Finalist of American Impressionist Society 2021 and 2024


2024


Award of Excellence - "Mosaics" Art Festival, St. Charles, Mo.


Award of Excellence - "Salute to the Arts" Art Festival, Fairview Heights, Il.

  

Best in Parks award - at "Paint Webster", Webster Groves, Mo.


Award of recognition - at "Paint Grand Traverse", Michigan


2023

"Best of Category" - "Salute to the Arts" Art festival, Fairview Heights IL


"Best in Category" - "Entertainment at the fair" Jefferson County Fair, WI


"2nd place overall" - "Summit Art plein air Festival" Summit KS


"Award of Merit" - "Red Wing Arts plein air

 

2022

Finalist at OPA 31st Annual National Juried Exhibition.


"Best of Show" - "River Bluffs" Mo.


"Best of Show" - Jefferson, Wi.


1st place, Fast Contest, "Painting Suffolk", Virginia


"2nd place over all" and "People's Choice" - "Paint Webster" - Webster Groves, Mo.


1st Place "Garden Category" - "Bluff Strokes" Iowa


"Honorable Mention over all" - Brandywine Valley, Delaware


2021

Finalist at the Juried in 22nd Annual Show of American Impressionist Society, with the work "Let's Drink!"




Representation

TATART7 - Studio-Gallery

Burnt Sienna Gallery and Studios

Burnt Sienna Gallery and Studios

918 Monterey Drive

O'Fallon, IL,

by appointment, call: (618)558-6677

Burnt Sienna Gallery and Studios

Burnt Sienna Gallery and Studios

Burnt Sienna Gallery and Studios

 9327 W. Powderhouse Hill Road
Galena, Illinois 61036
(815) 291-7009
burntsiennagallery@yahoo.com 

Tiadaughton House

Burnt Sienna Gallery and Studios

Tiadaughton House

www.tiahouse.com

111 W. St. Louis St.

Lebanon, IL. 62254

Call: (618)808-0311


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