Taylor Robinson creates abstract, material-focused artworks which reflect a journey of learning to cope and heal from trauma and substance abuse.“I feel like a lot of people look to art because they can’t understand their own emotions. I never thought that I would be able to process my own emotions, and so I really want to have the work inspire people that it’s possible,” Robinson said. She and her husband Connor use their work to destigmatize mental health through the moniker Visceral Home. Over the past two years, they’ve honed in on a practice where the married partners collaborate: Connor creates handmade frames and surfaces on which Taylor paints abstract images.What results are wonderful gritty textures that use a mix of natural and artificial materials. For example, a recent painting titled “Hunter’s Moon” includes oil paint, concrete, ground rock pigments, coffee grounds, beach sand and seashells. The Robinsons use a variety of natural and unnatural materials, including plaster, concrete, rock pigment, wood, hanging hand-spun yarn and healing crystals | Photos by Ruta SmithRobinson said the works speak as a metaphor for the human psyche — for trauma and healing, the passage of time and the relationship between humans and the natural world.And the process matters, too, in the meaning of the work. In “Labyrinth,” for example, Connor uses a Japanese process called shou sugi ban, a technique which preserves wood by charring it.For those who come from dysfunctional family backgrounds, or have a history of substance abuse, the phoenix metaphor comes through clearly: The piece represents burning something down and rising anew from the ashes.And that’s exactly what Robinson has done, as she shares vulnerably and openly in her artwork, which is always accompanied by beautifully written musings about her journey.