Charlie Robb

As a self-taught artist I began my painting career in 2017, creating abstract paintings from my kitchen floor much to the stretched patience of my flatmates. I was struggling with depression, and painting taught me to channel and direct feelings which could only be explained through colour, and the language of painting.

Since then, after years of experimenting and learning in my studio. I paint emotional and situational moments, inspired by human behaviour, nature, the cosmos and a fascination of our world from the mundane to the monumental.

I am interested in exploring emotional stories from the smallest moment on the street to an ageless nebula in a distant galaxy. I create the work that matters to me, and am humbled by the way my emotional interrogation of a subject resonates uniquely with others. I like to paint with a sense of humour, as I think painting is an inherently absurd language- it’s ineffable, playful and can toy with our perception.

I paint with a passionate curiosity about the inherent materiality of paint, its texture an elasticity, as well as the hidden meanings within colour, and the interplay between between structure and chaos.

I am grateful that my work can stir emotions and create new connections between the viewer and the world around them. I am extremely grateful to my loyal group of collectors, and welcoming new members to the growing number of patrons.