Lee Robbins Flying Tortoise Forge Studio 2961 CO HWY 11 Hartwick, N. Y. 13348 Ph./ Fax: 607 293 6458 Email: lelaphe@capital.net

CLOWN   6"X6"X14"   WSKG PRICE: $250

Incident light reflects and refracts within the block creating ever-changing color patterns.

Oil pigments suspended in resin counterpoint painted glass embedded in resin. The  block stands on a welded steel base.

Lee Robbins Multidisciplinary Art CV July 2009

2009       Inflatable Steel with Elizabeth Brim: New England School of Metalwork, Albion, ME    

2008       TIG welding: New England School of Metalwork, Hooksett NH

2007        MIG welding: New England School of Metalwork, Albion, ME

2006       Laminated Steel Blades with Mu Tsyr Yee: England School of Metalwork, Albion, ME

2004        MA in History Museum Studies: Cooperstown Graduate Program
State University of New York, College at Oneonta

1996       Basic Blacksmithing and tool making: Turley forge, Santa Fe, NM  

1980-81  Viscosity Printmaking with Krishna Reddy: New York University

1978-80  Printmaking Studio of Bill Kough, New York, N. Y.

1976       Readers Digest International Fellowship, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center,
Moshi , Tanzania, - medicine, surgery, pastel and watercolor studies

1970-76  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute-Albany Medical College: combined BS-Bio/MD program: graduated 1976 BS biology, MD


Business

Flying Tortoise Forge Studio- 1996-present
Hartwick, New York
Studio and Forge activity, 90 lb ram air hammer, fully equipped blacksmith shop
Casting polyester resin sculpture
Printmaking studio (28'X48" etching press)
Live Tortoise Breeding Colonies-project of the studio:1972-present.

Studio elaphe inc., 1978-1996 (Soho, NYC location 1978-1988) Snake breeding projects- 300 snakes atop the Holland Tunnel in NYC/ printmaking, resin casting- Jeannie Moos documented in January, 1986  on CNN.

Selected Exhibitions
2009 Colors of Summer , Columbia County Council of Arts juried show, Warren Street Hudson , N. Y "Poppies and Plum, Oil on Linen"

2009 Cooperstown National , Current through August 2009. Resin and Steel, 2 works

2009 Best in Show 2009- dog as snake charmer sponsored by Columbia County Chamber    
of Commerce. Warren Street, Hudson Summer 2009

2009 Baby Botancals, 4 resin steel sculptures in miniatures within 8 inch cubic space
in progress

2008 C-town Craft invitational "Art of the Garden", forged steel and copper furniture

2008 The Cooperstown National Exhibition, Cooperstown, N.Y.

2008 Essential Art, Awarded "My Backhoe Flippeth Over" oil on linen

2008 Fiberglass and steel  Dog in Best in Show Columbia county art
Documented in the book Best In Show

2007 Art on the  Lawn Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY

2004  The Gallery, Stamford, New York, permanent display of etchings and monoprints.

2002 The Cooperstown National Exhibition, Cooperstown, N.Y.    

2000 The Cooperstown National Exhibition, Cooperstown, N.Y.    
Honorable Mention for "Millennium Moonrise" resin casting

1997 The Cooperstown National Exhibition, Cooperstown, N.Y.

1996 The Cooperstown National Exhibition, Cooperstown, N.Y.

1994 The Cooperstown National Exhibition, Cooperstown, N.Y.

1992 The Cooperstown National Exhibition, Cooperstown, N.Y

1990 The Cooperstown National Exhibition, Cooperstown, N.Y.

1985 Bockley Gallery, Soho , NYC
Serpents in Ice, resin castings with snake fragments
Etchings , series of 6 based on the Serpents in Ice castings
Watercolors in the Deliberate Style

1983: Studio Elaphe, Soho, Manhattan, N. Y.

1981  Studio Elaphe, Soho, Manhattan, N. Y.