Symposium Illustration

A member of the Davidson Garden Club, Robin Wilgus has painted original gardenscapes for the Davidson Horticultural Symposium for nearly 30 years. Her elegant watercolors adorn our brochures and note cards, as her imaginative artwork is a clever rendering of the year’s symposium theme.

Robin grew up in Madison, New Jersey, and studied fashion illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Art Students League of New York in Manhattan. She went on to have a long career as a fashion illustrator and worked with Epstein’s in Morristown, New Jersey; Jordan Marsh in Boston; the Hecht Company in Washington, D.C.; and Robinson’s in St. Petersburg, Florida.

More recently, she has freelanced as an illustrator and has worked with textile companies in North Carolina. Her artistic talent extends to folk art and home decor.

We are fortunate to have such a talented member of our garden club willing to contribute her beautiful work to our symposium.

 “Inspiration surrounds us. But the well I return to most often is to the history of the art form I love. Painters from Bruegel to Klimt, Goya, Degas to the improvisation of Joan Mitchell. Many of the themes demonstrated remain relevant to today’s world.”

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