Robyn Lake had her first solo exhibition of watercolours in Penticton in 1996. Since then she has ventured into oils and acrylics and continues to develop her expressive style, painting  a variety of subject matter, from intimate close-ups of flowers and fruit, to panoramic views of the Okanagan landscape.

Robyn expresses her excitement about life on canvas. “I believe we can heal the earth by focusing on the positive things about the world we live in and I try to put this energy into my paintings."

Robyn’s vibrant oil and acrylic paintings have been in numerous solo and group exhibitions and are in collections around the globe.

 

Selected exhibitions: solo

2007        Feature Artist -  Wine and Art, Evans Gallery, Kelowna, BC

2006        Recent Work,  Tumbleweed Gallery, Penticton, BC

                Feature Artist -  Wine and Art, Evans Gallery, Kelowna, BC

2005        Feature Artist - Wine and Art, Evans Gallery, Kelowna, BC

2004        Recent Work, Tumbleweed Gallery, Penticton, BC

                Feature Artist - Wine and Art, Evans Gallery, Kelowna, BC

2003        Luscious, Guest Artist: Organic Fruit Growers Assoc, Ramada Inn, Penticton, BC

2002        Nowhere But Here, Tumbleweed Gallery, Penticton, BC

                Visual Journeys,  The Little Schoolhouse Gallery, Peachland, BC

                Recent Works, ­Vintropolis, Kelowna, BC

2001        On the Wall, BCTV, Vancouver, BC

                Intimate Landscapes, Webber Gallery, Kelowna, BC

2000        Flowers on the River Arno,  Melvyns Living Room Art Centre, Westbank, BC

1999        Inside Out,  Summerland Art Gallery, Summerland, BC

1998        Recent Works, Kelowna Library, Kelowna, BC

                Recent Works,  Westbank Library, BC

1997        Recent Works, Peachland Library, Peachland, BC

1996        Okanagan Bounty,  Tumbleweed Gallery, Penticton, BC

Selected exhibitions: group

2006         Robyn Lake, Shana, Ken Gillespie & Alex Fong, Artym Gallery, Inveremere, BC

2005         Robyn Lake & Ken Gillespie: New Works, The Avens Gallery, Canmore, Alberta

                 Lissie Legge &  Robyn Lake, Fosbrooke Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta

                 Centennial Landscape Show, Fosbrooke Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta

                 Annual Christmas Show, Fosbrooke Fine Arts, Calgary, Alberta

                 Wine Festival Artists: Ken Gillespie & Robyn Lake, Hambleton Galleries at Greata Ranch                  Vineyard, Peachland, BC

                 Urban Landscapes, Juried Show, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC

                 Art for Kid’s Sake,  Kelowna, Penticton & Vernon Art Galleries

                 Still Life, Juried Show, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2004         Spring Show, Tumbleweed Gallery, Penticton,BC

                 Okanagan Artists, Robyn Lake & Ken Gillespie,  Osoyoos Art Gallery, Osoyoos, BC

2003         Changing Light, Juried Show, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC

                 Images of Western Canada,  Juried Show, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC

                 Art for Kid’s Sake,  Kelowna, Penticton & Vernon Art Galleries

                 S.C.A.C. Instructors Show,  Summerland Art Gallery, Summerland, BC

                 Pears r Us, Juried Show, Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2002         T.O.N.A.C. Juried Exhibition, Peachland, BC

                 Street of Dreams, Abbotsford, BC

                 Artwalk, Lake Country, BC

2001         Spring Show, Tumbleweed Gallery, Penticton,BC

                 T.O.N.A.C. Juried Exhibition, Kelowna, BC

                 S.C.A.C. Istructors Show, Summerland Art Gallery, Summerland, BC

                 Artwalk, Lake Country, BC

                 Passion,  Summerland Art Gallery, Summerland, BC

2000         Mother, Tumbleweed Art Gallery, Penticton, BC

                 O.U.C. Alumni Exhibit, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, BC

                 F.C.A. Central Okanagan Chapter Juried show, Webber Gallery, Kelowna, BC

1999         Tumbleweed At Apex, Apex, BC

                 Statements by the Chair, Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC

                 Spring Open Water Media, Juried Show, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC

                 Faces and Figures, Junied Show, Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery, Vancouver, BC

                 Respond Like an Echo, Tumleweed Gallery, Penticton, BC

                 F.C.A. Central Okanagan Chapter Juried show, Bronze Rooster Gallery, Kelowna, BC

                 Floral Works, Laughing Moon Gallery, Kelowna, BC

                 Artwalk, Lake Country, BC

                 Theo’s Art Auction,  Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC

                 Summer Faire, Juried Show, Guisichan Gardens, Kelowna, B.C.

1998         F.C.A. Central Okanagan Chapter Juried show, Hambleton Gallery, Kelowna, BC

                 ArtFest,  Okanagan Artists Show, Kerry Park, Kelowna, BC

                 Okanagan Landscape As Seen By Sixteen, Tumbleweed Gallery, Penticton, BC

                 Theo’s Art Auction,  Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC

                 Recent Works by Robyn Lake & Cameron Critchley,  Kelowna Library, Kelowna, BC

1997         Women’s Works, M-Body Gallery, Kelowna, BC

                 Self Exam,  Invitational Group Alumni Exhibition, O.U.C. Kelowna, BC

                 Choicest Parts,  Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC

                 Area 51, Okanagan University College BFA Graduates Exhibition, Kelowna, BC

                  Okanagan Landscape, M-Body Gallery, Kelowna, BC

                 Theo’s Art Auction,  Art Gallery of the South Okanagan, Penticton, BC

1996         Land Biography.....Pa(y)ssages of the Okanagan, Juried Show, Kelowna Art Gallery, BC

                 Floor to Ceiling, Tumbleweed Gallery, Penticton, BC

                 Dreams of Flowers, Tumbleweed Gallery, Penticton, BC

Awards:

2003         Allesandra Biselli Award, FCA Juried Exhibition, Vancouver, BC

2002         Third Place, Kelowna’s Official Flower Juried Show, Town Hall, Kelowna, BC

2001         People’s Choice Award, TONAC Juried Exhibition, Kelowna, BC

2000         People’s Choice Award, OMRAC  Juried Exhibition, Kelowna, BC

                 Juror’s Choice Award, FCA Juried show, Hambleton Gallery, Kelowna, BC

1999         Honorable Mention, Summer Faire Juried Show, Guisichan Gardens, Kelowna

                 Juror’s Choice Award, FCA Juried show, Bronze Rooster Gallery, Kelowna, BC

1998         Honorable Mention, Windsor Newton Watercolour  Juried Competition, US

1997         President’s Choice Award, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, BC

1991         F.V.C. Fine Arts Award for Excellence, Fraser Valley College, Abbotsford, BC

                 People’s Choice Award, Fraser Valley Watercolour Society Show, Abbotsford, BC

Education:

1994 - 1997            Bachelor Of Fine Arts, University of Victoria at O.U.C. Kelowna, BC

1990 - 1991            Fine Arts Programme at Fraser Valley University College, Abbotsford, BC

Collections:

Private and corporate collections in Canada, U.S.A., Europe and Japan.