Robin Tedesco is an artist and educator. She has degrees in Fine Arts from Moore College of Art (BFA), Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and University of Delaware (MFA). She describes herself as an archeologist and detective. She love to dig, uncover, restore, resolve, to look for what the light (and dark) reveal and transform. Her wood panels act like etching plates that she pushes color into and prints onto. They combine printmaking, drawing and painting that interlace to form an image that is cohesive, while also revealing the interior light and form that is present in the layers of pigment and texture. Her environment is rich with material. But in these paintings, wherever she is there is something to uncover and integrate. It is her commitment to convey the richness and depth of her experiences and observations in this work. Her work has been exhibited and is in public and private collections internationally. She has taught all levels of drawing and painting for over 20 years. She resides in the Bronx, New York.

When painting, I work like an archeologist – excavating, scratching, uncovering, restoring. Forms and figuration appear and disappear as layers reveal and transform the hidden light. My love of Italian Renaissance and Baroque painting blossomed when living in Rome and I was privileged to be surrounded by these revolutionary works. Their influence along with my study of the fresco process aligned with the way my paintings evolve. The oil and wood panels offer continual inspiration as they did for those artists in the 15th Century. Printmaking and drawing through oil-transfer, collaged materials, old photos, bits of discarded works on paper and rubbings materialize and are hidden and waiting to be discovered. Wherever I am, my acute visual sensibility is ready to absorb the current image; the color of a bird, the decay in ancient architecture, the subtlety of a shadow. I am grateful that my work as an artist heals me in rough times and is always therapeutic, offering continual inspiration and challenges.