Robin Sierra's paintings are like the dreams of dowsers, revealing hidden concentrations of energy underground, the inner depths of the world. Forms give way to color, shape, rhythm, the lively discourse between light and dark, the feelings beneath words--which speak as much to the soul as to the mind. Her paintings invite viewers to participate, to bring in their own experiences, stories, and emotions. They are dialogues, not monologues. They are not just paintings, but reflecting pools. Sierra began painting when she moved from Los Angeles to the isolated coastal village of Trinidad in northern California, a place that helped her turn inward and begin a deeper dialogue with her inner self that is so integral a part of her life and her paintings. Although she attended art school, she considers herself primarily self-taught. Still, she counts as her most influential teachers Klee, Kandinsky and Frankenthaler, and perhaps most of all Nature, in the sense, however, as Jackson Pollack said, that “I am not painting nature. I am nature, painting.” “My painting becomes a spontaneous conversation between me and what I’ve put on paper, similar to musical improvisation. Once the first stroke is down, I become committed to the process and it takes on a drama of its own. As with life, I work with what presents itself, allowing for both light and dark, mystery and grace.” Robin Sierra’s paintings are in corporate, public, and private collections in the United States and abroad.