CECILIA ROBERTSON
CECILIA ROBERTSON
Born in Casper, Wyoming, Cecilia Robertson lived her early life in the American West: Wyoming, Colorado and Texas. She spent her school years in Louisiana and graduated from Rhodes College in Tennessee. Graduate studies and family ties brought her back to Texas where Cecilia enjoyed a twenty year career as a clinical psychologist in Fort Worth and Dallas. During her first career she also prepared for her next- a career as artist- In 1992 she began fifteen years of focused study with painting teachers and mentors. In 2012 her career in art returned her to the West where she lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
As a lover of the wilderness Cecilia finds special satisfaction painting en “plein air” which combines her desire to paint with opportunities to experience nature first hand. Cecilia considers nature’s presence to be a source of wholeness and healing needed by all. Through her painting she hopes to share some of nature’s balm. Her work has been collected internationally and she has exhibited and won awards in juried shows from Texas to California.
PUBLICATIONS
Southwest Art Magazine October 2020, Article: Women in Art-Meet 11 Women of the West
Southwest Art Magazine September, 2018 Article: Show Preview
Southwest Art Magazine January, 2018 article:
Gallen, MacLeod & Robertson: The Bright Wild: Three Visions of the Anza Borrego Desert
Borrego Art Institute, Borrego Springs, CA
Southwest Art Magazine Jan 2017
"Artists to Watch: Cecilia Robertson"
SELECT AWARDS FROM JURIED SHOWS
Campfire USA invitational paint out/Fort Worth-Award for ”Best of Show”/2012
Plein Air An Plein Air Painters of New Mexico/Santa Fe 2014-”Best of Artist Members”
Artist’s Christmas/Fort Worth 2014-Award for ”First Place”
Plein Air Painters of New Mexico /2015 Annual Juried Show/Award for “Best of Show”
Outdoor Painters Society Texas/”Plein Air Salon Southwest/Dallas 2015/”Merit Award” and Award for Peoples’ Choice
Plein Air Painters of New Mexico 2017 Annual Juried Show/Honorable Mention Award
New Mexico 2018 Plein Air Fiesta/Honorable Mention Award
Painters of New Mexico 2020 Annual Juried Show/Award of Excellence in Oil
EXHIBITIONS
California Art Club: “Quintessential California”, Juried show/ June-Nov 2014
"Outer Worlds and Inner Realms"/ Solo Show/ Canyon at Palace Fine Art/ Santa Fe, NM/ Sep 2016
Cailfornia Art Club: “Plein Air Perspective”/Juried show/ Nov 2016-Jan 2017
"Paintings From Life: Recent Works"/ Solo Show/ 7 Arts Gallery/Santa Fe, NM/ Sep 2017
Borrego Art Institute, Borrego Springs, CA: “The Bright Wild: Three Visions of the Anza Borrego Desert” / Jan 2018
"The Way West: Explorations" /Solo Show/7 Arts Gallery/Santa Fe, NM/2019
7Visions of the West: the Bettina Stienke Studio Group show, Abiquiu, NM 2019, 2020, 2021