Batiks and oils by Roberta Winjum
Hillwood Art
- Revelry Gallery, Nashville, TN, Jan.-Aug. 2025
- Artsclamation! Knoxville, TN, Dec. 2023 & Dec. 2025
- Holiday Haus, Cullman, AL, Oct. 2025
- ArtClectic, University School of Nashville, Nashville, TN, Oct. 2024
- Endada, Montgomery Bell Academy, Nashville, TN, Apr. 2024
- Gordon Jewish Community Center, Nashville, TN, June 2023
- Montgomery Bell Academy Art Show, Nashville, TN, Nov. 2018 & Nov. 2022
- Downtown Franklin, TN, Art Scene, Historic Franklin Presbyterian Church, Sept. 2021
- Brentwood Public Library, Brentwood, TN, July 2018 & Apr. 2021
- Art for Inspiration, St. Matthews Church, Franklin, TN, Nov. 2019
- Casa Azafran, Nashville, TN, Dec. 2016
My oil on canvas paintings try to capture the colors and feeling of landscapes, boats, water, flowers, plants, and animals, or abstract works with organic inspiration. All works are framed or gallery hung.
Our environment is filled with majestic and fragile places and simple beauty. I hope my work will invoke daydreams of places you've been or places you want to go.
My batiks use a technique of dripping melted crayon followed by a black dye bath to create impressionistic views of nature scenes. Batiks are wax & dye on cloth stretched over canvas or foam core. A few include embroidery. All are framed in black or brown wood gallery frames.
The lack of control over the dripping melted wax forces looseness in execution that results in abstraction. The crayon colors provide a comforting familiarity, while their limited palette means that color choices are loosely interpreted. The result has roots in pointillism and impressionism, as well as traditional batik.