• Art
  • About
  • Contact

LIZ ROBB

  • Art
  • About
  • Contact

The Desert

This work reflects the desert’s arid stillness, shifting palette, and vast unknowability through reflection, obscuring, and suspended movement. The grid emerges naturally—a familiar yet fluid structure—framing the desert’s elusive space.

Through dyeing, weaving, wrapping, and painting, I capture moments in time, allowing repetition to guide intuition. A month in the Joshua Tree desert, surrounded by cottontails and rattlesnakes, sharpened my awareness of its subtleties, deepening my exploration of its color and texture.

Exposed Framework, Morning & Evening, 2016, Cotton, indigo, 24 x 72 inches (each)
Midsummer Shadow, 2016, cotton, oil pastel, 40 x 54 inches
9 Circles, 2015, Indigo, cotton, jute, paint, 12 inches each
Installation view, PDX Contemporary Art
Installation view, PDX Contemporary Art
Inselberg, 2016, cotton, spray paint, 9 x 14 x 7 inches
Deconstructed Cholla, 2016, linen, 8 x 6 inches, draping variable
Deconstructed Cholla, 2016, linen, 8 x 6 inches, draping variable
Desert Wayfarer II, 2016, cotton threads, 21 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches framed
Abacus, 2015, Cotton, wood, 18 x 80 inches
Sisters (II), 2015, Merino, copper, 24 x 48 inches
Sisters (I), 2015, Merino, copper 24 x 48 inches
Desert Wayfarer I, 2016, cotton threads, 21 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches framed
Desert Wayfarer I, 2016, cotton threads, 21 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches framed
Desert Wayfarer I, 2016, cotton threads, 21 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches framed
Desert Wayfarer III, 2016, cotton threads, 16 x 20 inches unframed
Hanging off the Grid, 2015, Linen, copper, pineapple fiber, 16 x 20 inches
Hanging off the Grid (detail), 2015, Linen, copper, pineapple fiber, 16 x 20 inches
Bleachout, 2015, Cotton, indigo, bleach, 48 x 72 inches
Painted & In Knots, 2015, Cotton, indigo, acrylic paint, 24 x 78 inches
Painted & In Knots (detail), 2015, Cotton, indigo, acrylic paint, 24 x 78 inches
Deep Indigo Coil, 2015, Cotton, indigo, 18 x 72 inches
Beaded Grid, 2015, cotton, indigo, wood, 28 x 54 inches
Deconstructed Painting, 2015, Merino, jute, 16 x 20 inches
Painter's Brush, 2015, Merino, linen, 15 x 15 inches
Indigo Landscapes, 2015, Paper, indigo, 12 x 72 inches each
Painterly Stripe, Merino, jute, indigo, 20 x 20 inches
Rope Study, 2015, Cotton, 24 x 24 inches
Mojave Openwork I, 2016, indigo, cotton threads, paint, & resin on wood panel, 24 x 30 inches
Mojave Openwork III, 2016, indigo, cotton threads, paint, & resin on wood panel, 24 x 30 inches
Mojave Openwork V, 2016, indigo, cotton threads, paint, & resin on wood panel, 24 x 30 inches
Mojave Openwork IV, 2016, indigo, cotton threads, paint, & resin on wood panel, 24 x 30 inches
Indigo Sky I, 2016, Japanese indigo, cotton threads, 21 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches framed
Indigo Sky II, 2016, Japanese indigo, cotton threads, 21 1/2 x 25 1/2 inches framed
Indigo Sky III, 2016, Japanese indigo, cotton threads, 16 x 20 inches unframed